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By Emma Simpson
image captionBBC business correspondent Emma Simpson tries out go-karting on a track in a former Debenhams beauty hall
I m taking a spin on a go-kart track with a difference. It s the old beauty hall of the Debenhams store in south-west London.
The escalators are the only trace of the former department store which remain. All four floors are now being transformed into a high-tech entertainment venue.
As we filmed, shoppers stopped to take photos when the shutters briefly opened giving a glimpse of the flashing lights and builders beavering away inside. We re creating a department store of fun, says Michael Harrison, the co-founder of Gravity which is due to open on 1 August.
The good (and not so good) milestone since Teesside Airport was renamed two years ago TODAY marks the day Teesside Airport was officially renamed two years ago, signalling the end of a controversial and largely unloved name. The Durham Tees Valley Airport branding was stripped from the building on July 25, 2019 as the airport s original name was dusted off and brought back into use. At the time, an overwhelming majority - a tremendous 93 percent of residents and airport passengers - said they would support a drastic move to take the airport back to its former title. Since then the airport has gone through a raft of changes, including a massive multi-million pound refurbishment and the shock return of a low-cost carrier.
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Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen A METRO Mayor has come under fire for being absent from scrutiny meetings. Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has been challenged after he told a Parliamentary committee he had made himself available to scrutiny sessions at his combined authority “multiple times”. Mr Houchen made the statement during a session being held by MPs investigating the future of devolution in England. But Councillor Norma Stephenson, who is chairman of the overview and scrutiny committee at the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA), said: “The mayor has not attended a meeting in the last 12 months as was reported in the overview and scrutiny’s annual report.”