Middlesbrough Sikhs mark Vaisakhi

Clad in ceremonial oranges and blues, the congregation at the Sri Harkrishan Sahib Gurdwara on Lorne Street, Middlesbrough, marked Vaisakhi.










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Billingham Rugby Club tour

FUN-LOVING youngsters from Billingham Rugby Club took a step back in time for their annual tour. Players from the Under-13 side dressed up in retro clobber for a weekend away in the Midlands. But not to be outdone, a number of parents dusted off their flares and tagged along on the trip too.











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Billingham pupils 2010 BIG Cookathon

CULINARY kids at Northfield School and Sports College in Billingham prepared a recipe for success in the 2010 BIG Cookathon.




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fashion show Britain since 1948

Budding fashion designers from Kirkby and Great Broughton School took to the catwalk to showcase their 'Britain Since 1948' designs. Click here to see a gallery of photographs.





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Brain controlled Cyberdyne's


You don't have to be a Jedi to make things move with your mind.
"The first thing is to clear your mind…to think of nothing," says Ed Jellard; a young man with the quirky title of senior inventor.
Granted, we may not be able to lift a spaceship out of a swamp like Yoda does in The Empire Strikes Back, but it is possible to steer a model car, drive a wheelchair and control a robotic exoskeleton with just your thoughts.
On my head is a strange headset that looks like a black plastic squid. Its 14 tendrils, each capped with a moistened electrode, are supposed to detect specific brain signals.
We are standing in a testing room at IBM's Emerging Technol
In front of us is a computer screen, displaying an image of a floating cube.
As I think about pushing it, the cube responds by drifting into the distance.





ogies lab in Winchester, England.

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Fashion students from Barking show

Fashion students from Barking show off their designs ahead of the decision in an exciting competition. Fifty students from Barking College and Barking Abbey school are competing for the chance to have their clothes sold in Top shop.




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Lost alum Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly, Actress: Lost. Evangeline Lilly, born in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta in 1979, was discovered on the streets of Kelowna, British Columbia by the ...




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