by Jason Hull | Jan 4, 2016 | News, Richard Upshall
A Teesside businessman who was in the Dubai building which caught fire on New Year’s Eve says he had a “lucky escape”. Returning to view The Address Downtown Hotel the day after the spectacular fire, Richard Upshall was astonished to see one side of looking completely...
by Jason Hull | Jan 4, 2016 | News, Richard Upshall
A STOCKTON businessman has told how it was down to ‘luck’ that he and hundreds of others were able to escape the Dubai skyscraper inferno with their lives. Richard Upshall was dining with friend, jockey, model and William Hill racing pundit Leonna Mayor in...
by Jason Hull | Jan 4, 2016 | Richard Upshall
A businessman says he had a ‘lucky escape’ from the fire which engulfed part of a luxury hotel in Dubai on New Year’s Eve. Richard Upshall had been sitting on a terrace with a friend at the Address Downtown Hotel when they noticed flames above them....
by Jason Hull | Jan 4, 2016 | Richard Upshall
I’ve worked with children for years. This has come through my helping raise to beautiful step-daughters from young ages and being actively involved in their school and out of school activities. Around 2008 I acquired the swim program they were both swimming in,...
by Jason Hull | Oct 16, 2015 | News, Richard Upshall
I have watched a few colleagues and friends talk about reflection this week, and so decided perhaps I should do a little myself. “19 years, has it really been 19 years!” In August 1996 I was working for a hydraulic engineering company, unhappy in every way...