31 Northgate Hartlepool Booze Bid Row: Police warn Hartlepool Borough Council that a Headland Shop application may not be ‘all it seems’.... 3rd March 2026 Councillors are set to rule on a controversial bid to temporarily sell alcohol from a Headland convenience store after Cleveland Police warned the application may not be all it appears. Hartlepool Borough Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee will meet on Wednesday morning to consider two Temporary Event Notices (TENs) for pre

Budget cliff-edge: Hartlepool given two days to act amid tax freeze row Council Tax Freeze promise for Hartlepool 'in tatters', as Labour run council faces standards probe threat... 3rd March 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council has been left staring down the barrel of a financial crisis after a senior government minister refused to offer the town special treatment — and delivered what insiders describe as a blunt dressing down to the Labour leadership . 'Get Your House In order'

Drivers warned not to panic buy fuel, as the likely price increases set to be felt at the pumps will only begin to be felt in the next 10-12 days. What the Iran Conflict Means for Your Next Fill-Up... As of 3 March 2026 , drivers on Teesside & County Durham are expected to face the first ripples of a potential price spike at the pumps as the conflict in Iran escalates into a wider regional conflict. While local average prices for unleaded currently sit at around £1.30 per lit

Council Tax Freeze Fantasy Is Over: Hartlepool Labour Faces Reckoning just months from the May Local Elections Council Tax Freeze Fantasy Is Over: Labour in Hartlepool Faces Budget Day of Reckoning, as Government Closes the Door on Further Funding. 2nd March 2026 F or nearly a year, The Labour Group running Hartlepool Borough Council has promised to shield residents from rising council tax bills, But events now unfolding suggests that Labours promise is rapidly running into c

The Labour Council Hartlepool Borough Council is now Under Pressure as Budget Deadline Nears Budget Brink: Council Faces Financial Flashpoint, as Budget Crisis escalates into Full Blown Crisis . 2nd March 2026 The Clocks Ticking: What Happens If the Labour-Run Hartlepool Borough Council Fails to Set a Budget by the 5th March 2026 W ith the legal deadline fast approaching on March 5th, the political temperature inside the Labour-run council is said to be rising — and fast. Beh

Landmark Housing Scheme Set to Reshape Hartlepool’s Marina First Frames Up in Transformational Hartlepool Marina Housing Development 1st March 2026 W ork has officially begun on a transformational £120 million pound waterfront housing development in Hartlepool , a long-anticipated project that's set to reshape parts of Hartlepool's brownfield landscape and deliver what developers call a substantial boost to the local economy. The steel frame construction for one of the blocks

The Warning to Westminster: Labour on High Alert in Hartlepool as Voters Desert the Two-Party System Labour Pushed to Third in the Gorton & Denton By-Election: Is Reform UK Now the Real Opposition in Towns Like Hartlepool? 27th Feb 2026 T he Green Party’s seismic victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election hasn't just redrawn the map of Manchester; it's sent a shudder through every Labour stronghold in the North, with Hartlepool now firmly in the crosshairs for Labours opp

Watchdog warning over risk of unsuitable officers passing vetting at Durham Police 42 staff Durham Police employed at without proper clearance: watchdog’s stark findings 26th Feb 2026 D urham Constabulary is said to have narrowly avoided being placed into special measures after the police watchdog delivered a damning assessment of its vetting, counter-corruption and professional standards arrangements, warning that fundamental weaknesses could allow unsuitable individuals to