MBC CORRECTS ITS FIGURES—But Middlesbrough Still Tops Tees Valley Sickness Table Middlesbrough Council has accepted that their Freedom of Information Response was 'inaccurate' CORRECTION AND UPDATE — 5th November 2026: Middlesbrough council has since acknowledged that its original response to Freedom of Information request #023593 contained inaccurate information. It originally reported 65,427 working days lost and an average absence of 23 days per full-time equivalent employ

Hartlepool Borough Council reportedly among those owed money as Hartlepool firm Focus Removals is plunged into insolvency. MOVING INTO THE RED: Collapse of Hartlepool Business Laid Bare as Papers Reveal £231,874 Creditor Shortfall.... 4th November 2026 A Hartlepool removals company which last month collapsed into insolvency owed more than £240,000 before entering liquidation, with the taxman accounting for the overwhelming majority of its debts, newly disclosed insolvency doc

Pamela Hargreaves, the former Leader of Hartlepool Borough Council set to lose her role as chair of the Hartlepool Development Corporation after plans for it to be axed were announced. First Her Council Seat, Now Her Chairmanship of the HDC: Former Hartlepool Council Leader Pamela Hargreaves Faces Another Exit... 4th November 2026 Pamela Hargreaves, the wife of Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash, is set to lose her role as chair of Hartlepool Development Corporation under pl

End of the Road for Hartlepool’s British Heart Foundation Home Store As Closure Date Set for November 14th... 3rd November 2026 Shoppers in Hartlepool have been dealt another blow, as national charity chain The British Heart Foundation this week confirmed the official closure date of its Hartlepool Store is just days away. A closure notice seen by one of The Teesside & Durham Post’s reporters today confirms that the furniture and electrical store at Middleton Grange Shopping

Planning Permission Required: Hartlepool Moves Towards Tighter HMO Controls New Planning Controls for Hartlepool's HMOs Set for December—But Council Warns of Enforcement Pressure 30th October 2026 New planning controls on houses in multiple occupation could take effect across much of Hartlepool from December 2026—but council officers have reportedly warned that enforcing the new regulations would place additional pressure on an already stretched service. Hartlepool Borough Co

A&E to get £1m - But Replacement Hospital Could Cost £2 BILLION HOSPITAL IN NEED OF MAJOR SURGERY! £2BN Price Tag Looms Over North Tees 28th October 2026 A major redevelopment of the University Hospital of North Tees could cost as much as £2 billion pounds, with NHS chiefs acknowledging that the ageing hospital estate faces mounting maintenance problems, financial pressures and an uncertain future. Documents contained within Hartlepool Borough Council's forthcoming Audit and

MISSING SCHOOL? SEE YOU IN COURT! Redcar Council Targets Ten Parents BACK TO SCHOOL OR OFF TO COURT? Redcar Council Gets Tough on Parents 27th October 2026 Ten people are listed to face court proceedings today (Tuesday 27th October 2026), as Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council pursues parents accused of failing to ensure their children attend school regularly. Court listings examined by The Teesside & Durham Post reveal that the Troubled Teesside Council has brought ten sepa

No Silent Night for Seaton Meadows landfill as Christmas Deadline Looms.... A Rubbish Ending: Seaton Meadows Landfill Site in Hartlepool Faces the Axe as Companies House launches Strike off Bid.... 27 October 2026 | The Teesside & Durham Post | Exclusive Follow-Up The future of Hartlepool's controversial Seaton Meadows landfill has been thrown into yet nmore uncertainty, after Companies House this week issued a fresh compulsory strike-off notice against the company responsibl