Opinion

The sudden arrival of huge shipping containers behind the hospice and on hospital land last week has raised a few eyebrows.

The Supreme Court heard the case of Mrs Tini Owens and Mr Hugh Owens on July 25 when the court was asked to determine whether or not Mrs Owens was entitled to a divorce based on her husband’s ‘unreasonable behaviour’.

Q. I work for an agency, but my hours are fluctuating a lot and I never know what income I am going to receive. Is there anything that I can claim when my income is low?

If you have a greenhouse, or any structure that you’re going to be overwintering plants in, your number one priority at this time is making sure it’s clean.

Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects up to 50,000 people in the UK, and whose sufferers are said to include the likes of Beethoven, Selena Gomez and Seal.

This week is National Carers Week. Those who provide unpaid, voluntary care for individuals or simply have no choice, are a hidden army of people who, quite frankly, save the state an absolute fortune.

“I don’t feel like I fit in anywhere and have no friends. I hate being this unhappy but I can’t control it. I feel so alone.”

They say ‘travel broadens the mind’ but that’s because the ‘they’ are English and we don’t do succinct.

I recently secured an award in the sum of £19,000 for a client following an accident he was involved in at work back in 2016. It was a case that highlights the fact that an injury could well be undervalued.

Q. My partner has just passed away, and we had lived together for many years, but never married.

It's World Mental Health Day this Wednesday, and this year's focus is on the problems faced by young people.

When I was fortunate enough to be elected Mayor of the Tees Valley, I pledged to ensure all of the region benefited – including Hartlepool.

Many congratulations to the residents of Greatham on winning the trophy and gold medal for the Best Village in the Northumbria in Bloom competition.

When the going gets tough and life throws some curve balls my way, I take solace in the knowledge that the end of the world is just around the corner.

Q. My son has changed his mind about the college course he started in September.

It’s World Animal Plant Day on October 4, and with the fashion for houseplants it seems logical to pick out varieties that both owners and pets will get along with.

Smoking is the UK’s biggest cause of preventable illness and premature death, killing more than 100,000 people annually.

“I have tried starving myself and exercising so that I can become skinny all over. I feel like the odd one out and that everywhere I go I am being looked at and judged.”

I really must start this week’s column by congratulating Hartlepool ambulance Worker Martin Fletcher on his receipt of the Queen’s Medal for more than 20 years’ service in the NHS.