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Kirsty Nicholson in Circus of Horrors

1:17pm Monday 31st January 2011

Stockton circus performer Kirsty Nicholson leaves audiences agog at her ability to squeeze herself into a tiny glass jar. Ruth Addicott finds out how she does it.

Tree time

12:55pm Thursday 27th January 2011

With interest rates suffering, now could be the time to branch out and make an eco investment in trees, discovers Kate Whiting

My North: Sharon Gayter

12:32pm Monday 24th January 2011

SHARON GAYTER was born in Cambridge and lived there until her move North 25 years later.

Sleep learning curve

11:56am Monday 24th January 2011

Rockliffe Hall is offering an alternative for sufferers of chronic insomnia at their Sleep Retreat, a one-day workshop with sleep specialist Guy Meadows followed by a relaxing Dreamtime spa experience. Ruth Addicott goes along to try it out.

History revisited

12:54pm Tuesday 11th January 2011

Ruth Campbell meets an award-winning historian whose latest book has uncovered the love story at the heart of the Civil War.

Worth a gander

12:15pm Tuesday 11th January 2011

As flocks of lily-livered birds flee to the continent for the winter months, half a million geese head to our shores to bask in the worst of our weather. Ian Bond reports.

Talk of the town

12:22pm Tuesday 11th January 2011

ARTIST Clive Head enjoyed spending time in the National Gallery, quietly studying the general public as they, in turn, studied his paintings. But it slowly dawned on this little- known North Yorkshire painter, who has unexpectedly taken the London art world by storm, that he could no longer disappear discreetly into the background.

Pole positions

1:58pm Monday 10th January 2011

If you love the outdoors and want to get fit, Nordic walking could be for you. Ruth Addicott finds out more about the benefits.

Called to The Barre

1:37pm Monday 10th January 2011

For many women, having a dancer’s body is the ultimate dream – and now a new form of exercise promises just that. Sarah Foster tries it

My North: Juliette Lee

1:51pm Monday 10th January 2011

JULIETTE LEE, 42, is an executive coach and speaker. She was born in Glasgow into a typical working class family, the oldest of three daughters. “We lived in the centre of Glasgow in a tenement flat, affectionately known as a room ’n’ kitchen since it really was only one room, and even then we had an outside toilet.”