Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash Among MPs Missing Crucial Vote on Jury Trial Changes 11th March 2026 H artlepool’s Labour MP Jonathan Brash yesterday failed to vote in Parliament on controversial proposals that could see jury trials scrapped for some criminal cases. The vote in the House of Commons concerned the Government’s new Courts and Tribunals Bill , which includes plans to remove juries from certain offences carrying sentences of up to three years. Ministers say th

Bridgman IBC called in the Administartors on the 6th March according to official reports. Hartlepool Construction Firm Bridgman IBC Limited Falls Into Administration as The Volatile Economic Conditions In the Construction Sector Claim Another Scalp. 11th March 2026 A Hartlepool based company employing more than 70 people has gone into administration after reportedly amassing significant debts. Bridgman IBC Limited , which specialises in the construction of fire rated securit

Major 475-Home Quarry Farm Development Set for Planning Decision Councillors to Decide The Future of 475-Home Quarry Farm Expansion, With Officers Already Recommending The Plans Be Approved Despite Public Objections. 10th March 2026 17:21pm P lans for a major housing development on land at Quarry Farm, off Elwick Road in Hartlepool, are set to return to councillors next week with officers recommending the plans be approved following a recent site visit. The outline planning a

Housing Hope Denied: Hundreds Barred from Hartlepool’s Homesearch Scheme Scores of Hartlepool Residents Shut Out of Social Housing at Alarming Levels, as Calls for the Scheme to be Taken out of Hartlepool Borough Councils Hands Grow... 10th March 2026 H artlepool’s now largely discredited housing allocation system has come under renewed scrutiny once again, after figures revealed the town now has the highest rate of applicants being barred from the housing register anywhere i

The Charity had previously been running from the former Carlton Bingo Hall in Hartlepool's Town centre Hartlepool Charity Wound Up After Creditor Petition Succeeds in High Court.. 10th March 2026 A Hartlepool charity's been forced into insolvency, after the High Court ordered the organisation to be wound up following a petition from one of its creditors. Court documents confirmed that the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts of England and Wales , issued a win

“Kangaroo Courts”: Source Close to Cleveland Police Alleges Its Misconduct Hearings 'Lack the Most Basic Elements of Transparency'.... 10th March 2026 F resh concerns have emerged over the integrity of police misconduct hearings being held on Teesside, after a source approached the Teesside & Durham Post alleging that some proceedings are amounting to little more than “kangaroo courts”. The source who spoke to the Teesside & Durham Post  on the guarantee that we protected the

Cllrs Paul & Katie Weston have called for the teesside landlord to freeze rents The Councillors Representing Billingham South have Challenged Teesside Housing Giants Thirteen Housing Group Over Rent Rises Despite £838m Reserves... 10th March 2026 C ouncillors in Billingham have called on one of the region’s largest housing providers to freeze rents for the coming year , arguing that continued increases are unfair while many residents face ongoing cost-of-living pressures. In

Audit Finds Weak Controls Over Hartlepool Council Staff Safety Register Concerns Grow Over Hartlepool Council ‘Employee Protection Register’ After Audit Warning 10th March 2026 C oncerns have been raised about how incidents involving alleged aggressive behaviour towards council staff are being recorded after an internal audit found failures in a key safety system used by Hartlepool Borough Council. A report set to be presented to the council’s Audit and Governance Committee h