Israeli ground troops enter besieged Gaza Strip

Latest reports say troops of the Israeli regime have entered the besieged Gaza Strip amid the ongoing aerial assaults of Israel on Gazans.

Israeli military sources say ground troops entered northern Gaza to take out a number of missile launch sites.

This came as Israel is massing thousands of its troops on the Gaza border in preparation for a full ground attack.

The Israeli military has called up thousands of reservists for an all-out invasion of the impoverished territory.

The Israeli military says four soldiers have been lightly wounded in the latest fierce fighting with Palestinian resistance forces in the northern part of the blockaded region.

The military said the troopers were hurt during an incursion to destroy a rocket launching site, adding that the soldiers have returned to Israel.

It is the first time that Israeli ground troops are known to have entered the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime widens its range of bombing targets in the impoverished Palestinian coastal sliver to civilian institutions.

The Israeli military said it orders Palestinians in northern Gaza to “leave their homes for their own safety.”

Gaza’s Interior Ministry urged residents in the area to ignore Israel’s warnings and to stay in their homes, saying the announcement was Israeli “psychological warfare” and an attempt to create confusion.

Israel continues to pound the Gaza Strip for the sixth straight day. The latest Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 32 Palestinians in the besieged territory. At least 167 people have lost their lives in the Gaza Strip since Tuesday when the Israeli attacks began.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the Tel Aviv regime will not stop its attacks on the Gaza Strip.

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Egypt closes Rafah crossing: Palestinian ministry

Palestinian authorities say Egypt has closed the Rafah border crossing amid ongoing Israeli atrocities in the besieged Gaza Strip.

“The ministry feels disappointed that Egypt took this step,” said Iyad al-Bozum, the spokesperson for Gaza’s Interior Ministry on Friday, referring to the closure of the main crossing to Gaza.

“Egypt’s decision shows disregard for the suffering of the injured and other travelers. The Palestinian government had prepared ambulances and traveler buses with the expectation that the crossing would remain open on Friday as Egyptian officials previously declared,” Bozum stated.

Israeli warplanes and drones have reportedly pounded more than 600 targets across Gaza since July 8, killing over 100 Palestinians.

Palestinian sources say one third of the casualties are women and children.

The Israeli regime has also mobilized 20,000 soldiers for a possible ground invasion of Gaza.

Palestinian resistance movements in Gaza have already been responding to Israel’s aggression by targeting towns and cities deep inside the occupied Palestinian territories.

Gazans argue that the closure of Rafah increases their sufferings.

Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.

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Venezuela voices solidarity with Palestinians

The Venezuelan government has expressed solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s ongoing attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip, Press TV reports.

Venezuela’s government issued a statement this week to condemn the Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Socialists say Venezuela has had a leading role in Latin America in confronting the hostile policies of Washington and Tel Aviv and that is why ambassadors from the US and Israel have been expelled from Caracas in recent years.

Most experts agree that Venezuela has provided effective aid to Palestinians not only by diplomatic solidarity but also through supplying petroleum.

More than 100 people, including women and children, have been killed in the latest round of Israeli offensive against the besieged enclave since Tuesday.

Over 160 Palestinians were killed and about 1,200 others were injured in Israel’s eight-day offensive on the coastal enclave, which ended on November 21, 2012.

Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

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NDFB kills kidnapped Muslims in Assam, including 2 teenager boys

Guwahati, July 13:

The Army has been kept on stand-by as tension mounted in Assam’s Baksa district where bodies of three more persons kidnapped by suspected NDFB (S) militants were retrieved from Beki River today.

The police fired in the air to disperse a mob holding a protest against the kidnapping in violation of indefinite

curfew which has been clamped in Salbari sub-division and Anand Bazar area.

Baksa Deputy Commissioner Vinod Seshan said, “We have recovered three more bodies this morning from Beki river. We

do not know the type of injuries these bodies bore. The details will be known after investigation.”

Bodies of all the four who were kidnapped on Friday night by suspected NDFB (Songbijit) militants, including two

teenaged boys, have now been found. The first body, bearing a cut mark on the head, was recovered last evening from the river in Barpeta district.

The bodies recovered today were identified as those of Ataur Rahman (27), Rubul Amin (45) and Saddam Ali(13), while

that of Bakar Ali(13) was found yesterday.

The four were among seven lemon traders who had gone to Labdanguri market in Baksa district from the adjacent Barpeta district.

The family members and villagers in Barpeta district, from where the four hailed, have refused to conduct the last

rites demanding that Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi visit the area to address their grievances.

The police fired in the air to disperse a mob protesting against the kidnap ignoring the curfew at Anand

Bazar area, Seshan said, adding “police had to use force as the people violated the curfew and refused to leave the

place.”

The state government last evening replaced the Baksa Superintendent of Police Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant

and appointed 10th Assam Police Battalion commandant Mojibur Rahman in his place.

In May this year, 50 people were killed in Baksa and Kokrajhar in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts by suspected

Bodoland Peoples Front-supported militants. NIA and the state government are separately probing the incidents

Germany win World Cup: extra-time Gotze strike in Brazil crowns historic fourth triumph

Germany were crowned world champions for the fourth time thanks to a stunning extra-time winner from super-sub Mario Gotze.

Argentina were preparing for a penalty shoot-out in the Maracana, but in the 113th minute Gotze chested down Andre Schurrle’s cross and volleyed home to cap a historic victory for the jubilant Germans.

It will take a while for Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain and Rodrigo Palacio to forget this defeat.

They were all guilty of missing good chances to give Argentina what would have been a glorious win in the home of their fiercest rivals Brazil.

Tens of thousands of Argentinians had flooded Rio hoping to see Messi inspire his team to their third World Cup win.

This was Messi’s chance to put himself on a par with his idol Diego Maradona.

But unlike in 1986, when Maradona captained Argentina to victory against the Germans, this was the Mannschaft’s night.

And there would be few who would argue they did not deserve it.

Ever since they swept Portugal aside 4-0 in their opening match, Germany have looked destined to lift the famous trophy inside this famous stadium.

Blessed with talent from one to 23, they are a brutal attacking unit also capable of keeping things tight at the back.

The 7-1 destruction of Brazil in the previous round proved as much.

And in Low they have a coach who has answered his critics by becoming the first man to lead a European team to World Cup glory in South America.

It did not take for this game to live up to its pre-match billing as the ball flew from one end to another amid a backdrop of raucous noise, particularly from the Argentinians.

Higuain shot wide from a tight angle early on and Messi used his trickery to prize open the Germany defence, but Bastian Schweinsteiger put in a block.

Miroslav Klose came agonisingly close to heading home Philipp Lahm’s cross at the other end.

Higuain then missed a glorious chance. Toni Kroos headed the ball over his own back four towards Higuain, who watched the ball drop perfectly on to his right foot.

Despite being two yards ahead of the chasing Mats Hummels, the Napoli striker dragged his shot wide. Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella was stunned. Substitute Sergio Aguero was so embarrassed for his team-mate that he pulled his training top over his head.

Higuain thought he had made amends when he tucked away Lavezzi’s cross, but he was offside Cristoph Kramer, who had taken a knock to the head earlier, hobbled off and was replaced by Schurrle.

The first half came to a dramatic conclusion.

Messi squeezed the ball past Neuer, but Jerome Boateng cleared off the line.

And Benedikt Howedes hit a post with a header from Kroos’ corner.

Less than 90 seconds after the restart Messi found a way through the Germany defence, but he dragged his shot a foot wide when he should have scored.

Neuer had to revert to the sweeper role he performed against Algeria as he came right to the edge of his box to punch a long ball by Zabaleta, taking Higuain in the process with his knee.

A dazed Higuain, holding his head, demanded a penalty, but the referee waved play on.

Mesut Ozil and Schurrle lost control of the ball in the box with the goal gaping.

As the clock ticked towards 90 minutes, both teams started to take fewer risks.

Even a moment of magic from Messi was foiled by Neuer who came racing off his line to smother the ball after the Argentina captain has skipped past four defenders.

With nine minutes left Kroos placed a low shot wide, much to the annoyance of Low.

Klose’s record-breaking World Cup career ended when he was substituted for Gotze in the 88th minute.

Gotze sent a weak shot into Sergio Romero’s arms and the game then petered out until the referee blew to signal the end of 90 minutes.

Sabella tried to fire his men up with a motivational team-talk just before extra-time but it was Germany who came out stronger.

Argentina were almost a goal down when Muller returned Schurrle’s pass and he fired a strong drive which Romero did well to parry.

Argentina had their big chance moments later when Hummels failed to clear a routine cross. The ball fell for Palacio, but his lob went wide.

Aguero drew blood from under Schweinsteiger’s right eye as they jumped for the ball.

Then the killer moment came that won the Germans the World Cup.

Unlike many of his team-mates, Schurrle still had plenty of energy left in the tank.

He raced down the left-hand side past three Argentinians and crossed for Gotze who cushioned the ball on his chest swept the ball past Romero from close range.

It was a wonderful strike worthy of winning any tournament. The Argentinians inside the Maracana fell silent. Their party had been gate-crashed.

Eric Paylor: Newcastle United and Sunderland ARE derbies for Middlesbrough

I've been taken to task for last week’s reference to my favourite Boro goals in “derbies” against Sunderland and Newcastle United.

Sunderland fan Jimmy stresses that neither Sunderland nor Newcastle fans regard Boro games as a true derby.

I fully understand the intense rivalry in the north of our region. I’ve got a few mates who are Sunderland fans, and I know they treat the clashes with the Magpies as their real derbies.

But, regardless of the views in Tyne and Wear, Boro fans DO regard Sunderland and Newcastle games as derbies. North east derbies, if you like.

They also look upon the meetings with Leeds United as derbies, even if Leeds fans may not hold entirely the same opinions.

And I’ve often mused over the probability that this works in Boro’s favour.

By treating matches against Sunderland, Newcastle and Leeds as full-blown derbies, Boro often produce an extra spring in their step, and maybe a bit more zealous tackling.

In the sixties and seventies, when lining up against Sunderland for example, Boro won 11 and drew six of their 20 meetings.

In the late nineties and early noughties, Boro won seven and drew three out of 11 clashes against the Wearsiders.

With this kind of success rate against their nearest neighbours, they’ll always be derbies to the Boro.

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I want to hear your opinions both on the current situation at the Boro and past events.

Let me have any questions you need answering, or simply give me your views and I’ll print and discuss the best ones in this column.

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Eric Paylor: Mustapha Carayol will be a big miss for Middlesbrough

Aitor Karanka will be missing one of his key players for around half of the new campaign.

Flying winger Muzzy Carayol’s knee injury will keep him on the sidelines until January.

That’s a huge blow, especially as Carayol was discovering his best form on Teesside before suffering his injury setback.

As Karanka favours an attacking system featuring two wide players, then the tricky Carayol will prove a huge absentee from the squad.

Carayol has proved that he can score goals as well as create them, which makes him perfect for the Karanka plan.

The Gambian deserves better luck when he finally returns because this is the second long-term injury he has suffered since Tony Mowbray brought him in from Bristol Rovers two years ago.

Muzzy suffered from inconsistency during his early days on Teesside, as he struggled to adapt to the higher grade of football. But the penny dropped last season and Karanka must be bitterly disappointed to lose the winger for such a long period.

However, Carayol’s setback opens the door for somebody else to try to establish themselves on the left flank, assuming that Albert Adomah is handed the right-hand role.

Progressive young winger Adam Reach will compete with Kei Kamara and Emmanuel Ledesma in the battle to take over Carayol’s role. But I reckon that Karanka’s best possible Christmas present will be to see a fully fit Carayol return to the training ground.

In fact the January transfer window could see Karanka add two faces to his squad without bringing out the chequebook.

Carayol is due to return at that time, and so too is Australian utility man Rhys Williams, who is sidelined by an Achilles injury.

Eric Paylor: Let's hope Kike is just the start for Middlesbrough

Let's hope that Spanish striker Kike is the first of a series of fresh faces at the Boro this summer.

Boro are in desperate need of further new blood if they are to become genuine promotion chasers this season.

A few different heads on the pitch are vital if Aitor Karanka is to turn things around.

So Karanka has taken a giant step towards creating a vibrant new Boro side by forking out £2.7m for the 25-year-old Kike from Real Murcia.

Kike, who links up with the Boro team in their training camp in Marbella tomorrow, may be the big centre-forward that Karanka needs if Boro are to become a potent attacking force in the Championship.

Karanka will be delighted with his signing. After all, he has known Kike since he worked with him in the Spanish youth set-up.

Kike, whose real name is Enrique Garcia, has scored 48 goals in 150 appearances for Real Murcia.

Twenty-three of those goals came last season as Murcia reached the play-offs and Kike finished second top scorer in the Second Division.

Kike’s arrival suggests that Karanka is no longer interested in Sunderland striker Danny Graham, who rediscovered his goal-den touch with Boro last season. Personally I’d love to see Boro try to agree a second loan deal for Graham, because competition for places up front is vital – and Kike still remains very much an unknown quantity in the hurly-burly world of Championship football.

Fresh competition up front is even more important now that Lukas Jutkiewicz is expected to complete his projected move to Premier League Burnley.

So Boro fans will be keeping their fingers crossed that Kike is the first of a series of summer swoops to brighten up the side.

In addition to Graham, Boro have been strongly linked with interest in Genk striker Jelle Vessen, who is clearly hankering for a move this summer.

But Vessen scored just 12 goals last season and seems a bit expensive to me at £3m plus.

Elsewhere, there are ongoing Boro links with Huddersfield over midfielder Adam Clayton and it appears that Karanka is hankering after a deal.

Reports suggest that Huddersfield will be prepared to sell if the offer is right, though Boro may be looking at a possible player and cash exchange deal.

Boro midfielder Jacob Butterfield, who was never a regular starter under Karanka last season, could be the player being offered to try to tempt the Terriers.

In addition to searching for a striker, Karanka has gone on record in admitting that he wants a right-back, and Racing Betis defender Juanfran is an obvious target.

The bottom line is that Karanka is trying to strengthening every department, which is good to see.

So will we see a return to Teesside for Chelsea defender Kenneth Omeruo (right), who progressed quickly during his loan spell with Boro and looked a top, top player by the end of the season?

Omeruo has just signed a new four-year contract at Chelsea, which reveals how highly he is rated by Jose Mourinho. The 20-year-old may be a little disappointed at the thought of having to leave Stamford Bridge to go out on loan again, but his long-term future looks assured.

And if Omeruo is loaned out, then surely he would prefer a move to Boro rather than anywhere else.

With Omeruo slotting into the back line, and Jonathan Woodgate, Danny Ayala, and the rapidly developing Ben Gibson competing for central roles, then Karanka’s defence could be as tight as it was last season.

One thing is certain - the competition for top six places this season will be just as intense as it was last year.

So hopefully the signing of Kike is just the start. Boro must move forward with new faces and ideas rather than simply relying on old ones.

Boro 4 ASA Tirgu Mures 1: Pre-season gets off to a flying start

Boro were comfortable 4-1 winners against ASA Tirgu Mures in their opening pre-season friendly of the summer.

The match was played behind closed doors in warm sunshine at the headquarters of the West Riding FA in Leeds.

Aitor Karanka gave virtually the whole of his first team squad some game time against the newly-promoted Romanian top flight side on a day when Luke Williams scored a brace while Christian Burgess and Bradley Fewster also chipped in.

Boro opened the scoring in the 18th minute when Andy Halliday fed the ball wide to Williams on the left, who cut inside before finishing ruthlessly.

The Grangetown playmaker scored his second four minutes before the interval when he brought down a Richard Smallwood through-ball before finishing coolly with a shot from just inside the penalty area.

Karanka subbed nine of his outfield players at half-time but that didn’t stop Boro increasing their lead in the 54th minute when Burgess headed home a well-judged Lee Tomlin cross.

Amauri Pereira pulled one back for ASA after Jason Steele, the third keeper used by Boro on the day, failed to hold a shot from Claudiu Voiculet, and the striker fired in the loose ball.

Fewster restored Boro’s three-goal advantage with a close-range 81st minute strike.

After the match, Karanka praised the younger members of the squad who impressed against ASA.

“I trust in all the young players and for me their age is not important, it is the performance that is important,” he told Boro’s website. “So far that reason I am happy.”

Boro (first half): Konstantopoulos (Mejias 31), Atkinson, Woodgate, Hines, Gibson, Halliday, Whitehead, Smallwood, L Williams, Kamara, Brobbel.

Boro (second half): Mejias (Steele 60), Morris, Ayala, Burgess, Friend, Reach, Butterfield, Smallwood (Leadbitter 60), Tomlin, Main, Fewster.

ASA Tirgu Mures: Stancioiu; Bejan, Sepsi (Candrea 73), Voiculet, Hora, Bumba, Henrique, Salageanu, Szerely (Amauri 57), Constantin, Velayos.

Charity that supports the homeless plans performance with Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

Homeless opera singers are set to take over a North art gallery in a unique partnership.

UK charity Streetwise Opera have teamed up with the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) to provide weekly opera workshops to help the homeless who will be showcasing their talent this week.

Mima staff will join as the group, who have experienced homelessness whether living in temporary accommodation or sleeping rough, take over mima cafe in Centre Square, Middlesbrough on July 18.

The performance ‘Songs Paint Worlds’, written by Streetwise Opera’s Composer in Residence and winner of the RPS Composition Prize Stef Conner, will also include excerpts from Britten’s Midsummer Night’s Dream, the group’s chosen opera which is elected each term.

The day before the performance, Streetwise Opera will perform at mima an exhibition preview for ARTIST ROOMS Louise Bourgeois: A Woman Without Secrets.

Streetwise have received rave reviews for a number of film and opera pieces notably for The Answer to Everything which was performed at Teesside University this year. The charity, which uses music and performance to help homeless people make changes in their lives, has been running workshops in Middlesbrough since 2007.

Matt Peacock MBE, Founder and CEO of Streetwise Opera said: “We are thrilled to be running a regular workshop programme with mima. The staff have been so welcoming and we look forward to a long partnership”.

He added: “Both organisations are committed to providing the highest quality artistic experiences for the widest cross section of people in Teesside”.

Claire Pounder, Education Manager at mima, said: “We’re so pleased to be continuing our partnership with Streetwise Opera. Their ethos chimes well with our work in the community, using the arts to raise aspirations, improve confidence and more”.

The new partnership sees the group taken from their homeless environment and elevated to the welcoming and inclusive surroundings of mima.

The charity, which has seen its performers sing at the Royal Opera House, works to see homeless people become more socially included and uses music as a tool to help five-hundred homeless people a year.

Streetwise, which has projects across the globe as far as Australia, has worked in the region on a regular basis with a vibrant programme in Newcastle and Gateshead working in partnership with the Sage.

Boro set to lodge new bid for Adam Clayton

Middlesbrough are weighing up an improved £1.5m bid for Huddersfield Town star Adam Clayton – with Lukas Jutkiewicz set to join Burnley for the same fee.

The 25-year-old striker joined the Teessiders in a £1.3m move from Coventry City in January 2012, but he spent part of last season on loan at Bolton Wanderers.

And following Boro’s £3.5m capture of 24-year-old Spanish striker Enrique ‘Kike’ Garcia – from Real Murcia – on Friday, Jutkiewicz’s inevitable departure looks set to come to pass.

Former Spain Under-20 international Kike – who hit 23 goals in the Secunda Liga last term, and 48 in 150 appearances for Murcia in total – will join Aitor Karanka’s squad for warm-weather pre-season training in Marbella tomorrow.

Boro are still on the lookout for another forward, a right-back and a central midfielder.

And their search for the latter continues to focus on Clayton.

They had a £1m cash offer – Kei Kamara and Jacob Butterfield were merely suggested as potential makeweights in the deal – for the 25-year-old turned down last week.

Brighton & Hove Albion are also keen on Clayton, who has one year left on his current contract following a 2012 move from Leeds United.

But Boro hope to win the race for the ex-Manchester City youth’s signature with a £1.5m move financed by Jutkiewicz’s move to Turf Moor.

Stockton Tesco worker sheds five stone to complete walking challenge

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He’s beaten the bulge and diabetes...and now Jason Watkin has tackled a gruelling trek in memory of a tragic family.

The 44-year-old from Teesside managed to shed five stone to complete Wainwright’s Coast to Coast.

With just a back pack, but no back-up, Jason, of Stockton, walked more than 200 miles in just 11 days from St Bees, in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay, in North Yorkshire.

He said: “Around two years ago I was more than two stone heavier than I am now. After losing the weight I wanted to set myself a challenge.

“I decided to do the Wainwright’s Coast to Coast but I wanted to push myself. I decided to do it a bit faster and to take a tent and camp.”

The challenge saw Jason, who works for Tesco, raise money for the Jo and Mya Memorial Fund, set up by Ian Richardson, who lost his wife and daughter in a car smash in 2010.

Six-year-old Mya and her mum Joanne, 40, died when their car, driven by dad Ian, was hit by a Jaguar travelling the wrong way down the A1 in 2010 – a crash that Ian and his daughter Ava, now four, survived.

The Trust Fund was set up to support Ava, as well as other children under the age of 16 who have lost a parent or sibling in the past year, or people who require organ donation.

Jason said: “Ian is such an inspiration and I just wanted to give something back.”

Ian, from Billingham, Teesside, said: “Jason has faced lots of demons to get here, and he’s truly inspiring, a true gent.

“He’s shed five stone in weight to do the challenge and beat diabetes.”

Just last week the North East Tattoo Expo came to Stockton for the first time, where there was fundraising for the fund.

Among the donations towards a charity auction was a full sleeve tattoo from the Dark Circle tattoo studio, on Wilson Street in Middlesbrough.

Mr Justice: Action is taken to get rid of rats in Sedgefield after we intervene

The rat man called after I asked social landlords to stop tenant Shirley Lumley from being pestered by hordes of the pests.

She told me how she was frightened of going out because rats were everywhere in Harperley Gardens, Sedgefield, and she was worried about the health of local children.

Now Derwentside Homes have taken action by sending their pest control officers out.

Shirley told me how the rats had been a constant worry because of rubbish in nearby gardens.

“I have been complaining for almost two months now,” she said. “I try to keep our garden clean and tidy but they are coming from elsewhere.

“We have been living like prisoners because rats are running around like they own the place.”

It was time to speak to Derwentside Homes who admitted there was a problem in the area which is a mix of privately-owned and rented property.

Shelagh McGinn, Head of Housing Services at Derwentside Homes, said: “We organised an estate tour of Harperley Gardens in partnership with the Police, Durham County Council and ward councillors where we all identified areas that could be improved.

“A number of issues were identified and action has been taken against any of our tenants which may be in breach of their tenancy.

“I believe that the council has served a litter notice to the owners of a property and appropriate action will be taken.

“As part of our commitment to improve the local area, a major fencing programme has commenced, and we have also recently opened a community resource called the Learning Hive, which helps local families with learning, employability and community–led initiatives.”

Shirley told me things had improved dramatically in recent weeks.

She said: “Derwentside Homes sent the rat man out, they have cut the grass, and worked on the drains.

“We are even getting brand new fences and they have tidied the gardens of those houses which were empty.”

Teesside paramedic who abandoned dying patient will not work in profession again

A paramedic from Teesside who abandoned a dying patient in the back of his ambulance because his shift had ended will not work in the profession again.

Mark Lakinski picked up the ailing man eight minutes before he was due to clock off, and opted to handover to a colleague rather than drive straight to a hospital.

The patient stopped breathing after the handover, and suffered a fatal heart attack when he finally arrived at hospital.

Lakinski, a paramedic with the North East Ambulance Service, opted to drive to Stockton Ambulance Station to hand over to another member of staff so he could go home, the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) heard.

He did not tell bosses he had decided not to go straight to North Tees Hospital.

The paramedic, with 30 years’ experience, has taken himself out of the profession while facing fresh claims of misconduct.

After trying to rebuild his career in the private sector, he was in hot water again amid claims he was not up to the job.

The original misconduct case came after Lakinski had received an emergency call at 3.52pm on May 18, 2009, as he was preparing for the end of his shift.

The patient suffered a cardiac arrest at 4.33pm upon arrival at A&E, and died shortly afterwards.

Lakinski, from Billingham, Teesside, was suspended for 12 months for misconduct, after telling the HCPC tribunal he had not been coping with looking after a child and a wife with depression.

After serving his ban, he was put under a ‘conditions of practice order’ while trying to rebuild his career in the private sector.

He first worked for Medics UK, a company supplying cover at sporting events, but had limited clinical responsibilities.

He then switched to North of England Ambulance Services, a contractor to Yorkshire Ambulance Services.

However, a colleague raised fresh concerns about his work on March 10, 2013, forcing Yorkshire Ambulance Services to suspend him.

The HCPC was already investigating Lakinski again and had begun efforts to strike him off the medical register.

Lakinski missed a public hearing by admitting his fitness to practice is impaired and agreeing to sign a Voluntary Removal Order.

Panel chair Ian Griffiths said: “Having considered all the fact of this matter, the panel is of the view that allowing the application meets the interests of patient safety and the public interest.”

Lakinski was not present at Wednesday’s hearing but is now banned from working as a paramedic unless he applies to be restored to the register.