Hillary’s Missing Emails

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email scandal widened as the lead Republican investigator into the deadly Benghazi fiasco accused Clinton of failing to hand over months of emails from her tenure.

“There are gaps of months and months and months,” Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, said Sunday on “Face the Nation” on CBS.

“If you think [back] to that iconic picture of her on a C-17 flying to Libya — she has sunglasses on, and she has her hand-held device in her hand — we have no emails from that day. And we have no emails from that trip.”

Gowdy’s committee has repeatedly subpoenaed records related to the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, so “it strains credibility to believe that if you’re on your way to Libya to discuss Libyan policy that there’s not a single document that’s been turned over to Congress,” he said.

The Benghazi bungler, Americans recently learned, created an email system worthy of a James Bond movie villain when she became top U.S. diplomat in 2009. Clinton used private instead of government email and even established her own private email server that has been traced back to her Chappaqua, N.Y., home address. It seems likely that Clinton’s fast and loose approach to email compromised U.S. national security.

Last week Gowdy issued subpoenas for Clinton’s communications dealing with Benghazi. He also directed Internet companies to preserve the emails.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said using the subpoena power to force the former first lady to hand over the missing emails is necessary because “voluntary cooperation does not guarantee that it’s a crime not to deliver all.”

“A subpoena, which Trey Gowdy issued, is so that in fact it will be a crime if she knowingly withholds documents pursuant to [the] subpoena,” Issa said. “He needed to do that because she wasn’t forthcoming 2 1/2 years ago. She in fact hid the very existence of this until she was caught.”

With the revelation that mountains of electronic correspondence have not been accounted for, the still-unfolding scandal is now becoming eerily reminiscent of President Nixon’s Watergate scandal in which 18 1/2 minutes of audio disappeared from secret recordings made in the White House. The recordings that were intelligible revealed that he attempted to cover up a break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate Hotel in the nation’s capital, along with other illegal activities that had taken place during his administration. Nixon resigned in 1974 after the Supreme Court ruled that he had to turn over the tapes to congressional investigators.

“Like Richard Nixon’s tapes, the issue of Hillary Clinton’s e-mails raises the issue of control of evidence, destruction of evidence — and deliberately lying about all of it. Will the media go after Hillary Clinton’s e-mails with the ferocity they went after the issue of Richard Nixon’s tapes? Don’t bet the ranch,” writes conservative commentator Jeffrey Lord. “Which is exactly why Congress has that subpoena power. And why Benghazi Committee chairman Trey Gowdy is using it.”

The barrage of adverse publicity is hurting Mrs. Clinton who is widely expected to seek the presidency in 2016.

Her unannounced candidacy is taking a beating in the polls. Just last year Clinton had a favorability rating of 60 percent or higher. No more. Now she’s even being mocked on “Saturday Night Live” for her self-authored email troubles.

“Hillary Clinton’s troubles are costing her politically, as potential Republican presidential rivals have inched closer to her in 2016 matchups,” according to a new poll from McClatchy-Marist poll.

“The former secretary of state fell below the crucial 50 percent level of support in one-on-one matchups against Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker, and she was barely above that benchmark against Rand Paul, Rick Perry and Ted Cruz.”

Poll results “may tap into some concerns voters have about her,” said pollster Lee Miringoff. “It gets us back to stuff people find unpleasant about the Clintons.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who just days ago was brushing off the sordid email situation, now urges Clinton to stop ducking the press because “from this point on, the silence is going to hurt her.”

The Obama White House claims the president knew nothing about Clinton’s surreptitious email system even though Obama acknowledges her emailed her while she was a member of his cabinet. As is his habit when things go wrong, Obama claims to have learned about the email imbroglio from media reports.

Of course, it is hard to believe that the tech-savvy president whose enthusiasm for technology –and in particular electronic mail– is well known, didn’t know he was emailing Mrs. Clinton at a non-governmental email address. Surely he had to know such communications might be less than secure.

Then again, being concerned about U.S. national security has never been a priority for President Obama.

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The Myth of “Israeli Apartheid” – on The Glazov Gang

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This week’s Glazov Gang was joined by Aaron Shuster (Writer/Producer), Ari David (Host, The Ari David Show Podcast) and Barak Lurie (Host, Barak Lurie Show).

The guests gathered to discuss The Myth of “Israeli Apartheid,” analyzing a slanderous lie — and the real reverse apartheid. The discussion occurred with a focus on Why Obama Boycotted Netanyahu’s Speech, in which the guests gauged who a Radical-in-Chief really wants to impress.

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Terror Ties Won’t Go Away for U.S. Senate Candidate

An ex-congressman with one-time ties to a pro-terrorist Muslim group has launched a second try for a U.S. Senate seat from Pennsylvania.

Then-Congressman Joe Sestak lost a close 2010 Senate race to Pat Toomey, in a race that included a controversy over Sestak’s relationship with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). A former admiral in the U.S. Navy, Sestak hired a CAIR leader to run his Washington Congressional office and soon thereafter agreed to serve as the keynote speaker for an April 2007 CAIR fundraising dinner in Philadelphia.

Sestak’s ties to CAIR became a significant issue in the 2010 campaign, in a mid-term election year otherwise largely dominated by domestic politics. The 2016 election cycle is likely to focus much more heavily on foreign affairs and national security issues.

According to the Anti-Defamation League, CAIR was “founded [in 1994] by leaders of the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), a Hamas affiliated anti-Semitic propaganda organization.” (The IAP has been characterized by the U.S. government as part of “Hamas’ propaganda apparatus.”)

The ADL’s web site reveals that some CAIR leaders have also been active in another “Hamas-linked anti-Semitic propaganda organization” called the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR). The Virginia-based UASR was established by Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzuq in 1989. Mohamed Nimer, CAIR’s director of research from 1995 to 2007, previously worked for the UASR and even spent a month in Lebanon in a camp of Hamas deportees from Israel.

Nimer is not the only prominent CAIR activist with links to the UASR. CAIR board member Caroline Keeble (also known as Anisa Abd el Fattah) has served as the USAR’s president and director of public relations and media affairs. CAIR vice chairman Nabil Sadoun was deported from the U.S. in 2010 because he failed to disclose his connections to the USAR when he immigrated to the United States.

As if to demonstrate its determination to associate with anti-Semites, on October 8, 2010, right smack in the middle of the Sestak-Toomey race, CAIR presented its “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Helen Thomas at its annual dinner–right after Thomas sparked a nationwide uproar over her assertion that all Jews in Israel should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go back to Germany, Poland, or America.” President Barack Obama was among those who said at the time that Thomas should resign.

The ADL has also found that CAIR has a long record of making sympathetic statements about anti-Israel terrorist groups and terrorist attacks. In a March 1994 panel discussion at Barry University in Florida, CAIR executive director Nihad Awad said: “I am in support of the Hamas movement more than the PLO.” Ghazi Kankan, executive director of CAIR’s New York told the Jewish Week (Oct. 12, 2001) that, like Hamas, he considers all Israelis over the age of 18 to be “military” because “they are all reserves”–making them, in his eyes, legitimate targets. Speakers at CAIR rallies have frequently praised Hamas and Hezbollah, and participants in the rallies have waved placards endorsing those terror groups.

CAIR’s sympathy for terrorists has moved beyond mere rhetoric, the ADL points out. During the trial in Texas of the Holy Land Foundation for supporting Hamas, statement “evidence was produced by the Federal prosecutors demonstrating that CAIR and its founders were part of a group set up by the Muslim Brotherhood to support Hamas.” One of the defendants was the founder of CAIR’s Dallas chapter, Ghassan Elashi, who was convicted and sentenced to 65 years in prison.

CAIR communications specialist and civil rights coordinator Randall Royer is serving a 20-year jail term for his involvement with the Islamic terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba. That’s the group responsible for the heinous attack on the Jewish center in India last year, in which a rabbi and his wife were tortured and murdered. And CAIR fundraiser Rabih Haddad was deported from the United States after being arrested on terrorism-related charges.

All of this information was available at the time of Joe Sestak’s 2010 campaign, yet none of it moved him to condemn CAIR. If asked about it today, he would no doubt dismiss it all as “old news.”

But there has been a very recent development that makes the issue very relevant in his new campaign for the senate. On November 15, 2014, the government of the United Arab Emirates announced that it was adding CAIR to its official list of terrorist organizations.

One does not need to be an actual bomb-thrower to be put on the UAE’s list. It includes groups that engage in “incitement or funding” of terrorists. Based on CAIR’s history, including the many connections between CAIR leaders and terrorists such as Hamas, the UAE has good reason for its concerns.

Despite what the Sestak campaign may think, this issue is not going away so quickly. At a time when the Free World is engaged in a life-or-death struggle against Islamist terror, it should expect voters to keep asking about it, unless and until Sestak denounces CAIR, unequivocally, once and for all.

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Crufts 2015 win for Middlesbrough Whippet and German Spitz

A Normanby dog owner and Lilly, a three-year-old Whippet, proved every dog does have its day after walking away with a top prize at Crufts.

Lilly was one of 22,000 dogs at Birmingham’s NEC last week for the world famous dog show, presented by the Kennel Club.

Competing in the handling competition for 17-24 year-old handlers, she and owner James Rogerson put in an impressive performance to come away with first place.

And James, who is a photographer, was left beaming with pride at his and Lilly’s performance at Crufts 2015.

“I’m over the moon, I’ve been becoming to Crufts for the last 16 years and it feels great to finish first,” said the 23-year-old.

“I won the stakes last year, and I’ve won six times in the past so it’s great to come back this year and win, I wasn’t expecting it as it’s a tough class but it feels amazing.

“Crufts is the best dog show in the world, I love competing here and to win again feels great.”

James and Lilly were not the only Middlesbrough representatives to taste success at the world-famous event in the West Midlands.

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Receptionist Dale Francis took home a best of breed award with his five-year-old German Spitz Klein Jen.

“It’s amazing to win best of breed and beat all the other dogs, it was a very tough group,” said the 54-year-old, of Brambles Farm.

“I’ve been showing at Crufts since 2008 but this is the first time I’ve won and it’s a great feeling, Jen was brilliant.

“Crufts is the best dog show in the world, it’s what we train and work towards. It was nerve wracking in the main arena, but Jen loved it, she loves the big stage.”

But there was controversy at this year’s dog competition after news that a prize-winning Irish setter was poisoned.

Three-year-old Jagger dropped dead in Belgium the day after coming second in the best of breed class.

Distraught breeder Dee Milligan-Bott claimed a vet’s post-mortem examination found cubes of beef laced with a slow-acting toxin in his stomach.

Full time match report: Boro Under-21s open five-point gap at the top with a crucial 3-1 win at West Brom

Boro Under-21s took a giant step towards title glory as they beat rivals West Brom 3-1 at The Hawthorns.

Bradley Fewster's brace either side of a Junior Mondal strike extended Boro's young guns' lead at the Barclays Under-21 Premier League Second Division summit to five points.

Paul Jenkins made two changes to the side that beat Wolves 1-0 seven days earlier, with wingers Mustapha Carayol and Ryan Brobbel both missing.

That meant starts for Fewster and Under-18 talent Mondal in a youthful Boro line-up without any recognised first-team stars.

West Brom showed first on six minutes as midfielder Samir Nabi fizzed a 30-yard shot towards goal, but it was held by Boro stopper Joe Fryer at the second attempt.

The Baggies, who included first-team internationals Sebastian Pocognoli, Christian Gamboa and Jason Davidson in their line-up, continued to threaten early on as S.Nabi again found space, but captain Jonny Burn denied him with a crucial block.

Unbeaten in the league since September's reverse fixture when Boro ran out 2-0 winners, the Premier League side dominated the early possession and territory.

S.Nabi was at the heart of the Baggies' play but his scuffed shot on 26 minutes was easily held by Fryer, before Tom McAloon ran through at the other end but fired straight at keeper Jack Rose.

Bradley Fewster

Boro were forced into a change on 33 minutes as Harry Chapman suffered a leg injury, and Brazilian recruit Joao Morelli - signed from Juninho's Ituano FC - took his place.

Moments later Lewis Maloney almost handed Boro the lead but his stinging shot was deflected narrowly wide, and the midfielder played a huge role in Boro's opener on 41 minutes.

Maloney's fierce free-kick from 20 yards was only palmed away by West Brom keeper Rose, and the onrushing Fewster was on hand to slam home the rebound.

The hosts almost levelled immediately after as Adil Nabi's shot was saved by Fryer, before Kyle Howkins' looping effort forced the Boro keeper into an acrobatic stop before the break.

Five minutes into the second half Boro threatened after Mondal tricked his way past two Baggies defenders, before Maloney's shot was deflected wide off Howkins.

West Brom levelled in bizarre circumstances on 53 minutes as A.Nabi's corner somehow crept beyond Fryer and straight into the net.

The home side came close to snatching the lead seconds later as Davidson tested Fryer, but on 62 minutes Boro restored their advantage as Mondal raced down the left before drilling into the far corner.

Boro could have wrapped up the points on 73 minutes as Robbie Tinkler danced his way to the byline before drilling across the goal to Mondal, but the youngster's finishing touch let him down.

But Mondal's trickery earned Boro a penalty on 77 minutes, and Fewster bagged his second of the night from 12 yards to put the Teessiders in dreamland.

And despite late pressure from the hosts, Jenkins' men held firm to tighten their grip on top spot and clinch a vital victory.

Boro: Fryer, Tinkler, Jackson, Burn (c), Bennett, Maloney, Kitching, Chapman (Morelli 33) McAloon, Mondal, Fewster. Subs not used: Dawson, Weledji, Wheatley, Griffiths.

Councillor Walter Ferrier who spent 57 years serving the people of Middlesbrough has died

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Few people have given such long and distinguished service to Middlesbrough as Walter Ferrier, who has died aged 91.

When Middlesbrough Council’s annual meeting took place on May 23, 2011, it was the first time in decades that Walter’s familiar face had been missing.

A councillor in the town for 57 years, poor health persuaded him not to stand in the 2011 local government elections.

His decision to stand down ended an involvement in politics dating back to 1949, when he joined the Labour League of Youth.

But he traced his interest in civic matters back to the Second World War when in 1941, at the age of 17, he volunteered for the Auxiliary Fire Service at Middlesbrough Fire Station.

Aged 18, he joined the Royal Navy and served in the Middle East and Far East before being demobbed in 1946.

He first became a councillor in 1954 and for most of his years of local government service, represented the Thorntree area.

He served on Teesside County Borough Council and Cleveland County Council, as well as Middlesbrough Council. And he took several of the top jobs, having been Middlesbrough’s mayor in 1974-75, leader of Middlesbrough Council in 1981-83 and chairman of Cleveland County Council in 1985/86.

Walter, whose working life was spent at Anderstones Foundry, ICI Billingham, Middlesbrough Transport, British Steel Corporation and ICI Wilton, received an MBE in 1984 for services to local government and in 1992, was granted the Freedom of the Borough.

Walter Ferrier gets the feel of the old and the new at the offices of Teesdale and company

And in 1994, he was presented with the Cross of The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany - an honour rarely accorded to anyone outside Germany - to recognise his work forging links between Middlesbrough and German twin town Oberhausen.

Education and facilities for young people were among his main interests as a councillor, and he played important roles in providing new youth clubs for the town and in buying the Stainsacre Hall at Whitby for visits by Middlesbrough youngsters.

In 2007, he quit the Labour Party in the wake of a decision not to re-select him, only to be re-elected as an independent.

And it was that devotion to serving local people that three years earlier saw him receive a framed scroll, recognising his 50 years unbroken service as a councillor.

Presenting the scroll, Middlesbrough Mayor Ray Mallon said: “In 50 years time, everyone will remember who Walter Ferrier is. He is one of the consciences of this council and he deserves all of the accolades he has received over the years.

“He has made this town proud and he has made this council proud.”

Official: More than 1M child prostitutes in India

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) — Around 1.2 million children are believed to be involved in prostitution in India, the country’s federal police said Monday.

Ashwani Kumar, who heads the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), told a seminar on human trafficking, that India occupied a “unique position” as what he called a source, transit nation and destination of this trade.

India’s home secretary Madhukar Gupta remarked that at least 100 million people were involved in human trafficking in India.

“The number of trafficked persons is difficult to determine due to the secrecy and clandestine nature of the crime.

“However, studies and surveys sponsored by the ministry of women and child development estimate that there are about three million prostitutes in the country, of which an estimated 40 percent are children,” a CBI statement said.

Prostitution in pilgrim towns, exploitation through sex tourism and pedophilia are some of the “alarming trends” that have emerged in recent years in India, it noted.

Authorities believe 90 percent of human trafficking in India is “intra-country.”

From policing the Cannon Street riots to campaigning for OAPs: Looking back on a lifetime of helping others

When Les Fawcett began volunteering almost 50 years ago he could not have known the impact he would have.

For in a lifetime of helping others the dad-of-three has helped bring changes which have made a huge difference to those in his town, Middlesbrough.

He has spent years working on both Southfield and Gresham community councils as well as his current role of Chairman of the Senior Citizen’s Forum.

And he has gone further still with his bravery earning him a police commendation after he once disarmed a man running amock with a meat cleaver.

Now, as his years of dedication to others have been recognised with an MBE for services to the community, Les is preparing to hand over the reins of the Forum which he has served for more than 15 years.

He said: “What we have achieved over the years has been brilliant for the people.”

Les, 75, started out as a butcher’s apprentice before moving to ICI where he worked for more than 25 years.

He first started doing voluntary work when he was 21, not long after marrying his wife Barbara, now 75, who was a nurse who did some night shifts.

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Angry crowds mob a police van in August 1961

Face to face with a meat cleaver

He wanted to find something to occupy his time when she was at work so he joined the special constabulary - only to find himself thrown in at the deep end when his first job was at the Cannon Street riots of 1961.

This saw large-scale clashes after sailor Hassan Said was caught up in a fight with John Joseph Hunt. Hunt, 18, was killed and Said was later charged with his murder.

Les said: “I can remember a lot of people running about everywhere. It was my first duty but I just thought this is what I signed up for.”

But his bravery was recognised years later when he found himself face to face with a man running wild with a meat cleaver in St Barnabas Road off Linthorpe Road.

He said: “People were running around screaming saying there is a mad man. Myself and a colleague went down the street to find him waving a butcher’s cleaver.

“I approached him and he went to bring his cleaver down on me but I grabbed at it and with a bit of luck I overpowered him with the help of the other officer.”

Les was awarded the Chief Constable’s Commendation for his bravery.

He also helped set up one of the first volunteer police cadet programmes for children aged 14 to 17 with backing of a grant from ICI which ultimately led to similar groups being set up in Stockton and Redcar.

It also saw his son Paul start out as a member before eventually signing up to the police where he is now a detective.

But his community work did not stop there.

Gates for alleyways in Middlesbrough town centre

Tackling anti-social behaviour

Les, who also has daughters Debbie Mills and Tracy Kearton and five grandchildren, also helped kick off the first scanner appeal for Middlesbrough, backed by his ICI colleagues.

In his work with the Gresham and Southfield community councils, of which he was chairman of both, he successfully campaigned on a number of issues including helping get alleygates fitted following a series of break-ins in the Gresham area and an initiative to tackle vehicle break-ins and vandalism which won a national award.

But much of his work has been for the Senior Citizen’s Forum, of which he has been a member for 15 years and where he is currently chairman.

He said: “When I started it was with the community council which was to help young and old but then when I got involved with the senior citizens it was to improve the quality of life for older people which I think we have managed to do.

“We have a committee of 20 to 22 people and we listen to what local people tell us is needed.

“We prioritise one issue a year and work hard to get things done.”

Les said the group started by holding a concert for older people which has become an annual event, arranging transportation, making it available to everyone.

The last one saw 300 people gathering at the University of Teesside where they enjoyed a meal and entertainment.

Les Fawcett helps launch the emergency bottle scheme

Message in a bottle

But their work has gone much further making a difference to health and welfare of thousands of people.

Their message in a bottle project saw bottles filled with health details being put in people’s fridges alongside stickers to alert police and ambulance services in case of an emergency.

Other schemes included successfully campaigning for seating in the the Mall, developing safety booklets which were delivered to thousands of homes and fighting for bus links to the James Cook University Hospital.

He said: “We are a team - you couldn’t do what we have done on your own. I have worked with some brilliant people and we have achieved a lot.

“Anybody can volunteer and make a real difference. All you need is a couple of hours a week or even a couple of hours a month spare.”

But he has now decided to call it a day at Chairman of the Forum in April - but he is not planning on quitting completely.

“I will still be there in the meetings - I don’t want to stop altogether but being chairman means getting calls seven days a week at all times.

“I have only been able to do this for all these years because of the support of Barbara who has never complained and has helped with many of the projects.”

Les with his MBE

A magical weekend

His decades of service were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours when he was awarded an MBE for services to the community and particularly elderly people in Middlesbrough.

He collected his award last month when it was presented to him by Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace.

He said: “It was one of the best days of my life - Prince Charles was brilliant.

“My family came to London, even though they couldn’t come into the palace, and we stayed in a hotel for three days - it was a magical weekend.”

Appeal to find missing 61-year-old man from Stockton

An appeal has been made to find missing 61-year-old man.

Alan George Hunt was last seen at his home address on Hamilton Road, Newtown, Stockton, at 8.30am today

He enjoys walking and it is believed that he may have travelled to the Redcar area.

He is described as white, of large build with grey hair and tattoos on his arms.

He walks with a limp and always carries his left arm near to his stomach. He is

believed to be wearing a black coat, purple shirt, blue jeans and black Nike trainers

with a green Nike logo.

Alan requires medication which he has not taken with him.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101.

21 from Dimapur lynch mob held; 4,000 Bengali Muslims leave Nagaland, BJP MLA terms lynching as revolution

The police in Nagaland’s Dimapur town have arrested 21 people since Saturday night in connection with the lynching of rape accused Syed Farid Khan last Thursday. The district administration imposed total curfew until Sunday midnight and mobile and internet services were jammed for 48 hours to check the spread of hate messages.

“We scanned the (arrested) people through video footage and the uploaded photographs taken between storming of Dimapur central jail and the display of Khan’s body. For the time being, we have arrested 21 people who we found were the ringleaders,” a senior police officer said on condition of anonymity. More arrests were expected, he said, adding a few non-Nagas were also part of the mob.

Meanwhile, around 4,000 Bengali Muslims from 1,000 families left the state fearing attacks against Muslims though none of them were threatened or harassed, the Muslim Council of Dimapur said.

Khan’s body was laid to rest at his native Bosla village in south Assam’s Karimganj district amid tight security on Sunday morning. Leaders of various political parties in the district, including local MLA Siddeque Ahmed, were present during the burial.

The border area between Assam and Nagaland has been tense since Saturday night after a gunfight between Assam Police and Naga militants in Sivasagar district of Assam.

The Nagaland police were tight-lipped on medical reports of the college student who had accused Khan of raping her. On Saturday, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi had quoted unconfirmed reports to assert the girl was not raped.

Khan’s younger brother Suberuddin has alleged that the girl and “her accomplices” had framed Khan alias Sarifuddin for refusing to pay `2 lakh they had demanded from him

BJP MLA:

Calling it the beginning of a “samajik kranti (social revolution)”, BJP MLA Usha Thakur on Sunday said she saw nothing wrong in the lynching of the rape accused in Dimapur. She also announced the launch of a signature campaign to bring a new law with a provision of public hanging for those who rape minors.

Stockton company on trial over handyman who was electrocuted as he worked on barn

A handyman was electrocuted as he worked on live circuits rewiring a barn owned by one of his bosses, a court heard.

A jury heard emotional testimony from a woman who tried to save the life of 59-year-old Leslie Buller at a company director’s home.

The family-owned and run Stockton firm Francis Brown Ltd is on trial over Mr Buller’s tragic death.

The bricklayer and handyman was working at an open barn at the home in Stillington, near Stockton, when he died from an electric shock.

Teesside Crown Court was told today how Mr Buller suffered the fatal shock at Moor House Farm on March 15, 2012.

Alex Offer, prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), said Mr Buller was employed by the engineering and fabrication company at the home of Simon and Karen Brown.

He told jurors: “Mr Buller was working on the installation of a socket outlet in the open barn.

“Tragically during that operation he came into contact with live electrical circuits and suffered a fatal electric shock from them.

“The prosecution don’t suggest that Mr Buller knew what he was doing was dangerous or risky.

“We will never know, but we suggest it’s highly likely he thought that what he was doing was perfectly safe, that he’d taken every precaution he needed to.

“He may well have gone on thinking that right up to the moment he was electrocuted.

“Mr Buller did not have the necessary technical knowledge and experience to appreciate the risks he was taking.”

He said an HSE electrical expert later found that the unsupervised electrical work was “significantly below the applicable standards”.

The expert said Mr Buller did not have the necessary knowledge, experience, qualifications, electrician’s tools, testing equipment or protection to carry out the work safely.

Mr Offer said the only way Mr Buller could have suffered the fatal electric shock was if the power had not been disconnected from the main supply.

“Mr Buller at the time was in fact working on live circuits,” he told the jury.

“He didn’t gave any formal qualifications with regards to electrical work, and he was not employed as an electrician by Francis Brown Ltd but as a general handyman.

“It was not lawful for them to engage Mr Buller to rewire the barn at Moor House Farm.”

The company denies failing to discharge its duty under the Electricity at Work Regulations in February to March 2012.

Mr Offer said the firm had said Mr Buller was not working for them but by the directors as private individuals.

“The prosecution say that’s clearly nonsense,” he added, saying Mr Buller was paid by the firm and used a company van.

He said Mr Buller was under the company’s control as director Simon Brown knew about the work and could have stopped it.

He told the jury it was no defence for the company that Mr Buller had said he was happy to do the work, and it was “not good enough” just to ask somebody whether they were competent.

Giving evidence, Karen Brown cried in the witness box as she told how she found Mr Buller at her home on the day of the accident.

She said she heard him shout, saw him lying on his back and flicked a cable out of his hand.

“I just put my arms around him and asked him to come back. I thought if he heard a voice he might just come back to me,” she told the court.

She called 999, started compressions on his chest and checked his airway on the advice of the operator.

She said she was helped by neighbours and checked that the electricity was off.

She told how Mr Buller had sought advice from a retired electrical engineer on how to do the work.

She added: “He was a handyman to us. He was employed by the family but paid by the company.

“We’d always made sure he never was uncomfortable doing anything.

“He said he’d asked a friend and he was happy to do the work himself.”

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Tarmo Kink claims Tony Mowbray didn't give him a fair chance to stake claim for Boro place

Tarmo Kink claims he wasn’t given a fair chance to establish himself in the Boro first team.

The Estonia international joined Scottish Premiership outfit Inverness Caledonian Thistle late last week.

He was set to make his debut on Saturday but the club’s Scottish Cup quarter-final tie against Raith Rovers was postponed until Tuesday night due to a water-logged pitch.

Kink joined Boro in the summer of 2010 from Hungarian club Gyori ETO.

He was signed by Gordon Strachan and played in all but one of Boro’s opening 11 league fixtures that season.

However, following the Scot’s resignation, Kink had to make do with a fringe role under Tony Mowbray, who guided Boro out of a relegation dog fight and into mid-table by the end of that campaign.

The following season saw Kink make just one substitute appearance in the Championship as a rejuvenated Boro climbed into play-off contention before Christmas 2011.

Kink eventually joined Ukraine side Karpaty Lviv in February 2012.

Explaining why he was reluctant to utilise Kink, Mowbray said back in April 2011 that the winger was “desperate to do well for the club.

“Obviously he’s frustrated over his lack of opportunities but my responsibility is to the team,” he added.

“Tarmo’s talent is very obvious, but by his own admission he finds the physical nature of the Championship a lot different from where he has come from.”

Speaking at the weekend, however, Kink insists he wasn’t given an opportunity to prove himself.

“If the manager doesn’t give you any game time, how can it work out?” he argued.

“With Tony Mowbray, I was sitting on the bench for six months. I played for about 10 minutes in the January.

“If you don’t give me game time, how can I show myself? This is the problem.

“In the first season at Middlesbrough, Mowbray started to push me and I came up with goals and assists. It was ok.

“In my second season, I didn’t really play at all. But I’m not the first or last player for that to happen to. Sometimes these things happen.”

Kink claims that playing in England will help him adapt to life in the Scottish Premiership.

“That’s why I find it easy to come back here,” he told the Inverness Courier.

“I know what the lifestyle and training is like and what players want from the game. It’s much easier because of my Middlesbrough experience.”

Following his stint with Lviv, Kink joined Italian club AS Varese, from where he went out on loan to former team Gyori on loan and then joining Hungarian side Kaposvari Rakoczi.

Watch: Rare Dinky toy collection could raise £250,000 at Teesside auction

A rare collection of 2,000 Dinky toys and other cars and trains which has been lovingly built up over 50 years could fetch £250,000 at an auction on Teesside next week.

Retired car dealer Raymond Hainsworth, 78, and his wife Pat, started collecting when their twin boys Ian and David were babies and their first Christmas was spent surrounded by a new train set.

Their father was so dedicated to his collection he was even trying to add to it two weeks before the auctioneers were coming to take it away to be catalogued.

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The toys were carefully kept in their boxes and when Mr and Mrs Hainsworth became grandparents, the children were taught to look after the items after playing with them.

The collection spread from Hornby, to English and French Dinky, Matchbox and Corgi, Triang Minic and Spot-On among other makes.

It grew so big their home near Skipton, North Yorkshire, looked like a toy museum, Mrs Hainsworth said.

Among the pick of the collection are a black and white Dinky lorry in the Corn Products livery which was produced for the firm as a promotional item and was not on general sale. It could fetch over £5,000.

Another rarity is a French Dinky Baroclem Citreon van, also never on general sale, which could make over £4,000.

Mr Hainsworth, who used to live in Heysham, Lancashire and was born in Bradford, decided to sell up as he wanted to put his entire collection in a single catalogue.

He was at Vectis auction house at Thornaby to see it laid out ahead of a three day sale starting on March 17.

“Part of me is sad of course, but we have had a lot of pleasure from it so I am not upset it is going,” he said.

The couple, who also have a daughter Melanie, have travelled thousands of miles across the country to build up their collection, visiting auctions and fairs.

Just a fortnight before the auctioneers were coming to collect his toys, he was trying to add to it.

“We wanted a certain Spot On tanker to go in the catalogue and we heard about one for sale in Grimsby,” he laughed.

“Unfortunately when we got there it was not up to our standards so we had to leave it after a 150-mile round trip.”

The collection was never an investment, but built up for fun, he said. And the children and grandchildren were allowed to play with them if they were careful.

Mrs Hainsworth said many of the toys were kept in apple boxes and she was surprised to see how large the collection was.

“When I see them all laid out like this it is absolutely wonderful,” she said.

Andrew Reed, Vectis auctioneer, said: “It has been built up over the last 50 years and he has such passion for collecting the best of what he could find.

“It’s so varied as well, from cars to trains to aeroplanes.”

Five things Boro could be working on at Rockliffe before the crunch clash with Ipswich

In the frantic world of the Championship there's hardly time for a breather, never mind a full-week on the training field.

But for the first time since the end of January, Aitor Karanka will be able to spend a full seven days preparing for the next match this week.

The boss will welcome the break with open arms.

Ever since the start of the season, when there seemed to be more international breaks than international fixtures, Karanka made it clear how much he enjoys the chance to get to work on the training field.

And after an inconsistent run of recent results, the manager and his coaching team will be keen to iron out a few minor issues ahead of the most crucial week in the season so far.

But what will be the priority for Karanka this week back in the familiar surroundings of Rockliffe?

We haven't had a sneak peak at AK's training notes but we have come up with five things Boro could be working on in training ahead of the visit of Ipswich on Saturday.

Care with the final pass and sticking the ball in the net

Keeping the ball isn't an issue, for Boro hogged 67% of possession against Forest on Saturday.

If only they could have made the most of their dominance with the ball.

Michael Mancienne's comments post-match were interesting. The Forest midfielder said the hosts were more than happy to let their visitors have the ball and had a ploy to cope with it, suggesting Boro's approach in the final third was all too predictable.

Kike in action at Forest

Yet Millwall couldn't cope with it four days earlier.

It was picking that defence splitting pass or finding that clinical touch in front of goal that was the issue at Forest.

An arm around Kike, no doubt deflated after his display at the City Ground, wouldn't go a miss. A week of hitting the net in training will hopefully pay dividends come Saturday.

Prepare to handle the Championship's top scorer

We've said it before but Daryl Murphy wouldn't have been the pick of too many football fans had they been asked who would top the goalscoring charts in the Championship before a ball was kicked.

The 31-year-old former Sunderland striker is limited but he's a handful and has already scored once against Boro so far this season.

Those bundling hard-to-handle unpredictable strikers have caused Boro a few problems this year. Atdhe Nuhiu must wish he can play against Karanka's side every week while Dexter Blackstock, who has hardly set the Championship alight this year, got on the scoresheet on Saturday.

Ipswich Town's Daryl Murphy celebrates scoring against Boro earlier this season

Boro's reliable defence has creaked a little over recent weeks, only keeping two clean sheets since the end of January. That's hardly a disaster, of course, we were just spoilt by shut-outs on a weekly basis earlier in the campaign.

But Murphy will make his presence felt while Mick McCarthy has also hinted that David McGoldrick could return from injury against Boro.

He got a goal at the weekend but Murphy will hardly be brimming with confidence - not after THAT miss against Brentford. The Ipswich boss has backed his top marksman to bounce back and bag the winner against Boro.

Let's hope Boro tighten up, stand strong and keep the big man quiet.

Avoid a repeat of Saturday and tighten up down the right flank

Michail Antonio had the run of the show on Saturday.

The dangerous flanker let Ryan Fredericks know he was in for a game and then gave Emilio Nsue a headache when Boro's first choice right-back had to be replaced.

Whoever starts at right-back this weekend could be in for another busy afternoon, for Ipswich left-back Tyrone Mings doesn't need a second invite to get forward.

Ipswich's Tyrone Mings in action against Boro

The 21-year-old is strong, powerful and direct and has created 47 chances this season and had 16 shots on goal. Not bad for a full-back.

If Fredericks doesn't recover in time for Saturday but Ayala does, Kalas could well nudge over to right-back.

There's no doubt Karanka the perfectionist will be preparing his full-backs for any danger posed down the left side.

Make sure the smallest man on the field is marked from set-pieces

I can't imagine Boro will have identified Jay Tabb as a danger in the air before these sides met earlier in the season.

The 5ft 6" midfielder rose highest to head Ipswich's second goal as the Tractor Boys strolled to a comfortable victory at Portman Road.

Jay Tabb scores against Boro earlier this season

After conceding two soft goals at the City Ground on Saturday, Karanka will be keen to avoid a repeat this weekend - and that includes ensuring Tabb isn't afforded the opportunity to add another goal against Boro.

With a trio of testing fixtures to come, AK will be keen on cutting out any slight errors and making sure it's as difficult as possible for the three promotion rivals to break Boro down.

Keep doing what they're doing

Let's be honest, whatever Boro have done on the training ground so far this season has worked.

Pre-planned set-piece routines have been a common occurrence while the 4-2-3-1 system has been drilled into the players.

Boro have been rock solid at the back and, on the whole, carved out chances at the other end - even if they haven't been as clinical as they could have been at times.

Grant Leadbitter runs off to celebrate in front of the Boro fans after scoring against Forest

One thing that sometimes let Tony Mowbray down during his time in charge at Boro was setting up his side to cope with the opposition as opposed to letting them worry about Boro.

Karanka doesn't often do that.

Ipswich came up against a below-par off-colour Boro in December. The boss and his players will be desperate to right the wrongs of that defeat and performance this weekend.

Do you know this man? Police release CCTV images following Thornaby burglary

Do you know this man who police want to speak to in connection with a Thornaby burglary?

Cleveland Police has released these CCTV images following a burglary at an address on Teesgate which took place at around 2.40pm on Friday, February 27.

A house alarm was activated which is believed to have alerted the intruder and a man is believed to have made off along Mitchell Avenue and into Acklam Cemetery. Nothing was stolen during the incident.

The suspect is described as a white male, aged in his late twenties to early thirties, of slim build with dark curly hair.

He is described as wearing unusually short black trousers and white socks. Officers would ask the man in the images to contact them as he may be able to assist with their enquiries.

Anyone with information regarding the identity of the man is asked to contact DC Alan O’Donoghue from Stockton Volume Crime Team on the non-emergency number 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Your Nursery: Egglescliffe CE Primary School

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School/nursery name:  Egglescliffe C of E Primary School

Address:  Butts Lane, Egglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, TS16 9BT

No. of pupils in nursery class:   We have 19 on the morning session.

What projects are you currently/recently doing with the pupils?  We have been covering ‘People who help us’.

Contact name and number:  Jane Johnson, Foundation Stage Leader, on 01642 787945

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Pupils 'sent home or put in isolation' for wearing wrong uniform after reminder over standards

A crackdown on school dress code rules which saw many pupils excluded for wearing the wrong shoes has been slammed by parents.

Outwood Academy, in Acklam, Middlesbrough, has revisited its uniform policy as part of the drive to improve standards at the previously failing school.

Parents were sent reminders as to what is considered “correct” footwear at the academy.

The letter issued on Wednesday read: “Students should be wearing black shoes that can be polished. Any other colours of shoes, trainers or boots of any description are not permitted.”

But the Gazette understands several pupils fell foul of the rules within minutes of arriving on Friday morning.

Mum Jackie Hayes says her 14-year-old daughter Maddie Hayes has worn the same brand of shoe for the past three years without a problem.

“I received a call from Maddie’s school to say she was being excluded for the day for not wearing the right shoes,” said Jackie, 37, who is also mum to nine-year-old Lauren.

“I couldn’t believe what I was hearing because she has only ever worn plain black Kickers shoes which are sold as a popular school shoe.

Travel agent Jackie, from Coulby Newham, said her daughter was one of at least 20 pupils either sent home or put in isolation for wearing the wrong school attire.

“When I got to the school Maddie said she was at first given a detention and was given a pair of shoes by the school to put on. But when she refused she was told she was excluded.

“Attendance at the school is already a major issue yet they are sending kids home. Fair enough if the shoes were brightly coloured or had high heels, but Maddie’s are plain, basic, black shoes.”

Parents claim the school has changed its policy on footwear and decided Kickers were not suitable

Executive principal Rob Tarn said the uniform policy at Outwood has remained unchanged for the past year-and-a-half.

“Nothing has changed here, we have always been clear regarding our requirements with uniform and our Acklam academy has high expectations of student behaviour.

“This includes our clear guidance on footwear which has been shared with parents on a number of occasions.

“Students whose footwear does not meet the requirements are asked if they wish to borrow a pair of shoes bought by the Academy until they can purchase a more appropriate pair for themselves, a request which we deem to be reasonable.

“Part of the reason that examination results are rising so rapidly is that staff can focus on conversations about learning rather than have repeated conversations about compliance with uniform which is tremendously distracting.

"I would ask that parents give us their full support in our attempts to deliver an outstanding education for their children.”

Mick McCarthy challenges Daryl Murphy to score winner against Boro following bad miss

Mick McCarthy has challenged Daryl Murphy to score the winner against Boro after the in-form Ipswich striker missed a sitter on Saturday.

The Championship’s top scorer with 22 goals opened the scoring in Ipswich’s 1-1 draw against Brentford at the weekend but went on to miss a glorious opportunity to add a second.

Teed up by Jonathan Parr’s square pass from the left, Murphy poked a shot over the bar with his left foot from inside the six yard box with the goal at his mercy (seen just after 3 minutes in the video below).

McCarthy admits the 31-year-old won’t be allowed to forget about his miss.

“Everybody is asking me about it and so he’ll be reading it and hearing about it! He doesn’t need that,” said the Town boss, who added: “He’s been remarkable this season.

“He’s scored some unlikely goals along the way and today he’s missed one you’d never expect him to miss.

“It’s football; that’s just the way it is. I’ve just ruffled his hair and said ‘come on, go and score the winner at Middlesbrough’. There’s nowt he can do about that now.”

McCarthy admits his side’s draw at the weekend left him frustrated.

The draw leaves the club seventh, one point adrift of the Bees in sixth, and Ipswich are next in action at the Riverside.

There’s a huge amount riding on the result of the televised tussle for both teams.

“I hate to state the obvious, but it is two points dropped,” said McCarthy, looking back at the Brentford game.

“There were chances at both ends though and it could yet end up proving to be a point gained.

“Maybe that’s why I’m still doing this job because I tend to look on the positives rather than the negatives.

“We had chances, but we didn’t take them,” he added. “That’s the price you pay. It makes it frustrating, but I was delighted with the way we played.

“I’ll take the point and we’ll just keep pecking away at all those above us and keep trying to get enough points to stay in the play-offs.

“If we continue to play like that we’ll get more good results than bad ones and should be in the mix for the promotion spots, whether that be the top two or six.”

Ipswich have struggled on the road in recent weeks, losing four of their last five away games.

In fact, their record away from Portman Road is moderate with just six Championship wins so far this season, the lowest total among the top eight clubs.

Seb Hines makes Orlando City debut alongside Kaka in front of record crowd

Seb Hines made his MLS debut in front of a whopping 62,510 fans at the Orlando Citrus Bowl.

The occasion was a stark contract to the Boro defender’s previous senior appearance, which was a sparsely attended League One game between Coventry and Peterborough at the Ricoh Arena when just 8,957 fans turned up.

On Sunday, Hines was included in an Orlando City team that also featured former Real Madrid, AC Milan and Brazil striker Kaka.

Sean St Ledger, who played for Boro in 2009/10, was a 90th minute sub for City, who are a new MLS francshise, as are their opponents New York City FC, whose star man is Spanish striker David Villa.

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Kaka celebrates his goal

The match ended in a 1-1 draw with Mix Diskerud opening the scoring for New York in the 75th minute and Kaka equalising in the 90th minute.

The attendance for the season opener is the largest recorded for a soccer match in the Citrus Bowl, which hosted matches during the 1994 World Cup.

Hines, aged 26, joined Orlando on loan last month and completed the entire game against New York.

His current Boro contract lapses in the summer.

Former Corrie star shows support for determined Linthorpe mum as she battles cancer

A former Corrie star showed his support for a determined mum who is battling cancer.

Paula Wood, 49, beat breast cancer in 2012 but last year was diagnosed with terminal cancer in her bones.

The mum-of-two from Linthorpe, was told she may only have months to live in April - but after a marathon fundraising effort, Paula continues to stay positive.

More than £9,500 has been raised for the Paula’s Wish charity, set up by friends, family and Paula’s colleagues at Hillview nursing home in Eston at a series of fundraising events.

Bruce Jones, best known for his role as cab driver Les Battersby in Coronation Street, was a surprise guest at the latest event held at the Teesside Bridge Club in North Ormesby.

Paula (centre) returned to the Riverside to thank Yvonne Ferguson (left) Activities Manager of Generation Red Faction Zone for the club's help fundraising. Pictured with Alan Martin (right) who has been fundraising for Paula's Wish

Organiser and fundraiser Alan Martin, completed a eight-and-a-half hour round trip to collect Bruce from North Wales.

Speaking after the event the former soap star said: “It was good to come to Teesside. I’m glad Alan came to pick me up. He came all the way to North Wales and brought me back on the Saturday.

“It was a brilliant night. The comedian was great.

“Paula is only 49. It was all for a good cause.”

Alan said: “Bruce is a good friend of mine so it fantastic to hear he could make the gig. Paula had no idea he was coming, her face was a picture when he walked in. It made the journey to pick him up worthwhile.

“He brought signed books and made a personal £500 donation to the charity which is just incredible.”

Bruce Jones who plays Les Battersby on Coronation Street who visited Paula at a fundraising event at Teesside Bridge Club

Alan added that the fundraising group became a way for Paula to maintain a positive mental attitude towards her illness.

He said: “Paula is bound to have her up and down days, and she does extremely well to stay so positive.

“All of the funds we raise goes towards making Paula’s life as easy as possible. Medication alone costs around £250 a week, and so we are forever grateful for donations.

Earlier this month, Paula visited Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium with her husband Simon Lazar and Alan, to be presented with a signed football from Boro goalkeeper Dimi Konstantopolous, who has supported the charity since last year.

The Boro ball signed by the club.

Paula said: “I’m feeling a lot better. You take things day by day, but since I started with alternative therapy I can get around and I am not as tired as I was.

“I have just had my scan results back from the hospital, and my cancer has not spread which is really good news.

“I am trying to stay as positive as I can.”

Paula returned on Monday to present a photograph of herself and Yvonne Ferguson, the Activities Manager of Generation Red Faction Zone, to the club to say thank you for their fundraising efforts.

Young girls praised after helping walker who fell down 'steep embankment'

Two young girls have been praised after helping a walker who had fallen down a steep embankment.

The 28-year-old lone walker lay injured for about three hours until Louise Hierons, 12, and her friend Emma Watson passed by on their horses and discovered the man on Wilton Lane, Guisborough.

Louise then ran to a nearby farm and raise the alarm. She also fetched horse blankets to keep him warm until help arrived.

Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team (CMRT) were then called and rescued the man in an area around Court Green at about 6pm on Saturday.

A spokesperson for CMRT said: “The lone male had been out walking and was very well equipped when he took a tumble down a steep embankment and lay there for some time before he managed to get the attention of two female horse riders who were passing close to his location and raised the alarm for assistance.

“The team quickly responded from its base near Great Ayton with its two Land Rover ambulances. Once on scene the team worked alongside a paramedic from the North East Ambulance Service’s heart team based in Newcastle to help stabilize the casualty.

“The casualty was stabilized and treated for suspected spinal and pelvic injuries before being transported to James Cook University Hospital in one of the teams Land Rover ambulances.”

The spokesperson went on to praise the actions of the two young girls.

“The team would like to say a massive well done to these two young ladies,” they said.

“You both did an amazing job, well done ladies we are very proud of you from everyone at Cleveland MRT.”

Middlesbrough cruiserweight Simon Vallily now 6-0 as pro after crushing KO win

Middlesbrough cruiserweight Simon Vallily extended his perfect professional boxing record to six wins with a hard-hitting performance.

The 29-year-old overwhelmed Czech veteran David Vicena in three one-sided rounds on Phil Jeffries’ Colossal bill at Rainton Meadows Arena in Houghton-le-Spring yesterday.

The Commonwealth Games gold medallist brought proceedings to an end with a massive left hook to the head that left the East European import staring up at the ceiling.

Vicena was down for about a minute receiving medical attention including oxygen, but thankfully was able to leave the ring of his own accord.

Vallily dominated the action from the opening bell, bombarding the East European import with solid hooks and keeping him off balance with a heavy jab.

The 2009 ABA super heavyweight champion easily evaded a clumsy Vicena attack in the first round without taking any punches.

And it was only a matter of time before he scored his first pro finish following five straight points wins.

Vicena came out for the second round with his forehead reddened and took a meaty right uppercut on the break after stooping forward at the waist from body shots.

And Vallily delivered his clinical finish 40 seconds into round three, wiping out the overmatched 36-year-old in the centre of the ring after initially trapping him in a neutral corner.

Yesterday’s Rainton bill also featured a comfortable points victory for former IBF bantamweight title challenger Martin Ward.

The Hartlepool-trained southpaw comfortably outboxed Kakhaber Avetisian, winning 60-54 over six rounds.

John Powls: Boro's missed opportunities on the road are mounting up at just the wrong time

The red entries in the cost of opportunities lost in away games column continue to mount up for Boro – and at just the wrong time.

After an uneven month, yesterday’s reverse completed a brace of blanks on their travels in a week with failings at both ends of the pitch on both occasions.

With two of the three Ides of March fixtures being away from The Riverside, Boro had better beware.

Even in this strangest of does anyone actually want top slot Championship seasons, not taking anything at Derby and Bournemouth will be damaging.

The vital importance of a three points against Ipswich next Saturday is also now double underlined in the ledger.

That means more work at Rockliffe in the coming week with Special K needing to find a way to get his charges to pay attention in a way the head coach admitted they hadn’t for the Forest game.

A clearly annoyed and frustrated Karanka said his side had not played well or done the things they had been drilled to do and so they lost.

Aitor Karanka

It’s hard to disagree with that assessment but I’d challenge his implied assertion that the issues are all with a back seven that is struggling for what used to be stock in trade clean sheets.

Yes, Boro never got a grip on Antonio and, having got ahead, conceded two eminently avoidable goals through routes that were predicted in advance and prepared for.

As if to underline the threat caused by backing off a midfield runner, Lansbury was allowed a couple of sighters before Gardner struck from distance to equalise.

Even blinded by the light of the slanting sun in the Bridgeford Stand the magnificent parmo army could see it coming and the very premature ‘we are top of the league, say...’ stuck in throats.

In the second half, Boro’s back line was pulled apart by a Forest break and a chasm opened up in the centre to give Blackstock a chance that even a striker struggling for goals couldn’t fail with – and he didn’t.

But The Teessiders also fired blanks up front and as the second half developed they ran out of attacking ideas to convert domination of territory and possession into goals.

Grant Leadbitter celebrates after putting Boro ahead at Forest

They played into The Trees’ trap by narrowing attacks into the central areas the home side had choked off with numbers or trying to flank it with full backs.

Instead of varying their game they just kept repeating moves that didn’t penetrate and final balls that lacked any imagination or quality.

Darlow didn’t have to dirty his gloves until the 90th minute and that was an entirely routine catch.

Other than Leadbelter’s very welcome but fluked opener that came from his chipped cross coming back off the far post and in off a defender’s back, the closest Boro got was Kike hitting a post late on when he should have hit the target.

Failing at both ends adds up to the reds dropping to bottom of a top four that can’t yet be separated on points but are by goal difference with the rest of the leading eight breathing down their necks.

Boro’s next steps must be onward and upward with best foot forward and shut outs at the back.