Council Tax Rise Looms as Children’s Care Costs Push Hartlepool to the Edge Town Hall Meltdown: As Twenty One Hartlepool Labour Councillors All Threaten to Quit the Labour Party, as a poised Council Tax Freeze cannot be delivered to local's... 17th Feb 2026 TEESSIDE & DURHAM POST EXCLUSIVE A political earthquake's unfolding inside Hartlepool Borough Council, after the councils Labour leadership warned it's getting ready to 'walk away' from the party in protest at what it's br

The former Admiral Court Nursing Home in Cleveland Rd Hartlepool Future of Fire-Damaged Admiral Court Site in Doubt After Council Pulls Demolition Proposal 17th Feb 2026 P lans to demolish a long-derelict nursing home in Hartlepool's West View have been quietly withdrawn, raising fresh questions over the future of one of town's most blighted sites. Hartlepool Borough Council submitted proposals in October last year seeking permission to bring down the former care facility, wh

NHS Strategy Confirms Centralised Emergency Care Will Stay Away From Hartlepool NHS Strategy Confirms Centralised Emergency Care Will Stay Away From Hartlepool 17th Feb 2026 H opes for the restoration of a full Accident and Emergency department to Hartlepool have been dealt a major blow after NHS chiefs confirmed there are no plans for a new emergency unit in the town, telling councillors the financial and clinical case for such a move “does not reflect the need”. The stark