Sacha Bedding, who founded The Wharton Trust Hartlepool pays tribute to Wharton Trust founder Sacha Bedding... 23rd April 2026 Tributes have been flooding in following the loss of one of Hartlepool's best-known community champions after the death of Wharton Trust founder and leading local figure Sacha Bedding MBE was announced this week. News of Mr Bedding’s death was shared in an emotional tribute by another Hartlepool Charity LilyAnne’s Wellbeing, which praised the enormous

Labour Leader Keir Starmer Under Fire as Hartlepool MP Signals Leadership Collapse Labour Faces Hartlepool Backlash as Brash Warns Starmer His Time Is Up... 22nd April 2026 Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash has become the latest backbencher to publicly pile the pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, warning that it is now a question of “when, not if” the Labour leader is forced to step down. Keir Starmer almost quit as Labour leader after Hartlepool fell to the Conservati

Coronation Avenue Hartlepool, where 81 homes could be built. Major Seaton Carew Housing Plan Heads to Vote in Council Amid Backlash Over the Plans... 22nd April 2026 A controversial housing scheme proposing 81 new homes  on land off Coronation Drive in Seaton Carew Hartlepool is set to go before councillors today, with residents raising concerns over traffic, infrastructure and the loss of green space. The application (H/2022/0357) will be considered by Hartlepool Borough Cou

The Incident in Catcote Rd Hartlepool Yesterday has highlighted just how crime on Teesside has exploded into lawlessness. Image Credit teesdurham media. Out of Control: Cleveland Police Facing Public Confidence Crisis... 22nd April 2026 Cleveland Police is fast becoming the laughing stock of Teesside, as brazen thugs now openly taunt officers and expose just how out of control crime on Teesside has become. Yesterday’s incident in Hartlepool laid bare, in spectacular fashion,

Peter Rickard is said to be facing a second Investigation & is currently on leave Fire Chief Suspended as Yet Another Investigation Rocks Scandal Hit Cleveland Fire Brigade.. 21st April 2026 A senior figure at Cleveland Fire Brigade has reportedly been suspended while an independent investigation is carried out into a matter brought to the attention of the Fire Authority. Peter Rickard, Chief Fire Officer of Cleveland Fire Brigade, had reportedly been on parental leave, which

The large family home in Elwick Road could become 9-bed HMO under new plans Nine-bed HMO plan lodged for Hartlepool street as density concerns raised 21st April 2026 A large terraced property on one of Hartlepool’s busy residential roads could soon be transformed into a nine-bedroom house in multiple occupation (HMO)  under new plans submitted to Hartlepool Borough Council. Developers have submitted an application to convert 100 Elwick Road  from a traditional family home int

‘Kebab Grass’ Chaos: Contractors Rush to Fix Marina Eyesore Contractors Move In to Repair ‘Kebab Grass’ at £36m Hartlepool Highlight Complex 20th April 2026 Works are now underway to repair the much-mocked “kebab grass” outside Hartlepool’s flagship leisure development, with a Teesside & Durham Post journalist today witnessing activity on site as efforts begin to put right the controversial turfing. The issue first hit headlines in early April 2026 after newly laid grass outs

Hartlepool regeneration body handed £1m — but could still be scrapped £1m boost for Hartlepool regeneration — but major shake-up looming 20th April 2026 A major regeneration body tasked with helping reshape Hartlepool has been offered a £1 million pound taxpayer-funded lifeline — even as its future hangs in the balance. Papers published ahead of the latest Tees Valley Combined Authority Cabinet meeting to be held this week reveal that up to £1m pounds worth of public money co