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Digital Audience and Content Editor at The Northern Echo. From Newton Aycliffe and doesn't care who knows it. Knows a lot of stuff about William Shatner.

Joined March 2015
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Andrew White
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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, today’s Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho has a distinctly romantic edge - Victorian-style! https://t.co/Rk0dGBkiHS
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With Valentine's Day not far away, today's Object of the Week is a Victorian matchmaking journal revealing the hopes, humour and heartaches of its…
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Andrew White
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Article in @TheNorthernEcho about a TV crew filming on the banks of the River Wear for an episode of Digging For Britain. The episode, broadcast next Wednesday, highlights a newly discovered Roman industrial site @GaryBankhead
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A television crew waded into the mud of the River Wear last summer to document what is now recognised as one of the most significant Roman…
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Andrew White
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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is an ornate copper drinking vessel found during the excavation of a Roman industrial site, led by @GaryBankhead at Offerton, near Sunderland. It was made in India. But why does it have a glass bottom? https://t.co/kVolKqfNC1
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Excavations at the major Roman industrial site at Offerton, on the banks of the River Wear near Sunderland, continue have also produce a wide range…
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Andrew White
3 months
The latest of a series of @TheNorthernEcho articles on the discovery of a major Roman industrial operation on the banks of the River Wear. This one attempts to explain how the production process might have worked. @GaryBankhead
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On the north bank of the River Wear, the vast Nissan plant dominates the landscape – a modern powerhouse of manufacturing whose cars roll off the…
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Andrew White
3 months
Today’s news of a major Roman site uncovered on the banks of the River Wear is incredible. Here, @GaryBankhead tells @TheNorthernEcho why it is so significant:
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Gary Bankhead writes for The Northern Echo about leading the project that uncovered a major Roman manufacturing site on the banks of the River Wear.
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Andrew White
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Andrew White of @TheNorthernEcho is the only journalist to have had access to excavations at Offerton, Sunderland, which has uncovered a major Roman industrial site. He spoke to @GaryBankhead and other dig team members. Here’s his account of what he saw:
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A quiet North East riverbank has yielded one of Britain’s most significant Roman discoveries. Andrew White, the only newspaper journalist granted…
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Andrew White
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Today @TheNorthernEcho reveals details of a major Roman production site found hidden in plain sight on the banks of the River Wear. A team led by @GaryBankhead has spent months digging the site and researching the finds which is set to rewrite history. https://t.co/FPbUH1pdi4
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Compelling evidence of a Roman industrial hub uncovered on the banks of a North East river has rewritten archaeologists' understanding of the…
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Andrew White
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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is seen by thousands of people every week. But do you know the story behind it? https://t.co/k7m0GXaN9G
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Today's Object of the Week is a medieval bronze ring once used to claim legal refuge.
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Andrew White
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After many years, the mystery has been solved. Story in @TheNorthernEcho on how the new book from @GaryBankhead reveals the truth behind how the Archbishop’s treasures ended up in the River Wear at Durham @DiveIntoDurham
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The long‑standing mystery of how a cache of precious religious artefacts once belonging to a former Archbishop of Canterbury came to rest on a…
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Andrew White
4 months
Today’s Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a Darlington churchyard statue. You may have seen it, but do you know the story behind it? https://t.co/NGEU70Nsha
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Object of the Week is a Boer War memorial statue at St Cuthbert’s Church, unveiled in 1905 by Field Marshal Lord Roberts.
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Andrew White
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Object of the Week in @TheNorthernEcho is a 13th century Cistercian nunnery dissolved in 1536, which now survives as ruins tied to wealth from enslaved Labour in Barbados https://t.co/JuhjvFWvDe
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The remains of a North Yorkshire priory is our Object of the Week. Once a Cistercian nunnery founded in about 1200, the site today survives as ruins…
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Andrew White
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Story in @TheNorthernEcho on the launch of a new @GaryBankhead book, uncovering the stories behind the many religious artefacts he has found in the River Wear @DiveIntoDurham. Years of research has gone into it - and it’s a fascinating read. https://t.co/zocAyxhCG7
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A County Durham-based underwater archaeologist has officially launched a landmark publication chronicling the remarkable discovery of dozens of…
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Andrew White
4 months
Eve Valentine is back! County Durham horror master @Dean_Midas is bringing back his most famous creation for a Christmas spooktacular. @TheNorthernEcho reports: https://t.co/TyVC1LnZck
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A County Durham filmmaker is set to bring his award‑winning horror vision back to the screen this festive season.
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Andrew White
4 months
A great old school disco night in Darlington @TheForum_Music with Brother Beyond star @iamNathanMoore providing some banging 80s and 90s tunes. Here’s @TheNorthernEcho’s report on the weekend action: https://t.co/AsDu5GJvUP
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A high-energy sell-out crowd packed into a Darlington music venue for an Old School Disco night.
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Andrew White
5 months
Enjoyed writing this story for @TheNorthernEcho about the history of a ship’s bell lost during the ‘great storm’ of 1893 and uncovered during work on a North Sea wind farm @DoggerBankWind
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“AT Saltburn, the storm was something terrific,” reported the Redcar & Saltburn News on November 25, 1893.
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Andrew White
5 months
The remarkable discovery of objects from the River Wear in Durham is explored in this new publication from @GaryBankhead It promises to be a fascinating read. Click the link for the full story 👉 https://t.co/tKMiVcgfcI
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A County Durham-based underwater archaeologist has launched a landmark publication detailing the remarkable discovery of dozens of religious…
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