Fetish Forum: Sex shop customers may be dangerous, residents claim
RESIDENTS are objecting to plans to open a sex shop in a busy shopping area of Middlesbrough.Plans to set up a Fetish Forum store in the town's Linthorpe Road are being resisted by local residents group A New Era.The group, from nearby Granville Road, is concerned about the impact the store, which sells sex clothing and toys, may have on the area.A spokesman from the group said: "Granville Road has a large population of young and teenage children and we fear...
Fetish Forum: News in brief: Upturned boat sparks search
POLICE rescuers searched a stretch of the River Tees yesterday after finding an upturned boat and wet clothing in the area.A member of the public alerted the police at lunchtime after finding the boat along with abandoned angling equipment at Egglestone, near Barnard Castle. The Teedsale and Weardale Search and Rescue Team were called out and the police helicopter was scrambled, but no one was found. A police spokesman said no one had been reported missing and the search was a...
Fetish Forum: Community thrives behind closed doors
Behind heavy curtains in a small, second-story room of an Ybor City nightclub, people in various stages of undress are getting ready for a show. Suzy, 19, wearing a long, diaphanous gown, touches up her makeup in a gilded mirror before explaining her role in the night's program. ""I'm going to get beat by my Mistress Angel,'' she said with a small smile. ""I lead kind of a double...
Fetish Forum: The Northern Echo: Backlash over plans for sex shop
A BID by kinky sex specialists to move into a premier shopping centre has met with public outrage.But while community leaders are lining up to lash plans to open a Fetish Forum store in Middlesbrough's main shopping street, the local council may find itself powerless to stop the development. The sex clothing, toy and bondage needs supplier is applying to take over an empty electrical goods shop in Linthorpe Road so, on planning grounds, there would be no change of use....
Fetish Forum: News in brief: Free asbestos claims support
ASBESTOS victims and their families are being offered free support from the North-East Asbestos Support and Awareness Group.The group, in Marton Road, Middlesbrough, can help with compensation claims, filling in benefits forms, and offers general support and information. To find out more, call (01642) 240044.SPLASH OF COLOUR: Shops in Hartlepool have been spruced up with the help of pupils from Brierton School. The youngsters came up with striking mosaics, featuring dolphins, a spotted...