Just 17 Months After Takeover, Durham Fabrication Firm Durata fabrication Goes Bust County Durham Fabrication Business Goes Bust With Almost Half a Million Pounds in Short-Term Debts 26th October 2026 A County Durham Fabrication Company has collapsed Into Liquidation as its financial Accounts Reveal Nearly Half a Million Pounds of Short-Term Debts are Outstanding... Durata Fabrication Ltd, formerly known as Tolley Fabrications Ltd, has appointed two insolvency practitioners t

Councillor in the Dark? Labour Councillor Phillip Holbrook Claims He Was Kept Out of Parking Plans Parking Row Erupts in Hartlepool Street as Labour Councillor Questions Decisions Made Behind His Back... 26th October 2026 A Hartlepool Labour councillor has questioned plans to introduce new parking restrictions on a Hartlepool street, claiming the proposals have emerged without his knowledge and could adversely affect local residents. Councillor Philip Holbrook, who represents

SICK AS A PARROT! – Middlesbrough Council's Sickness Rate Soars by a Staggering 133% TOWN HALL SICKNESS CRISIS: Middlesbrough Council Loses More Than 65,000 Working Days as Staff Absences Soar by 133% 26th October 2026 Middlesbrough Council is facing serious questions over its soaring staff sickness levels after newly disclosed figures revealed that the number of working days lost through staff sickness has more than doubled in just twelve months.... Figures released under th

Hands Off Our Green Belt! Thousands Back Campaign Against County Durham Development Plans Green Belt Battle Erupts in County Durham Village, as Thousands Oppose Potential Housing Development Near Chester-le-Street... 25th October 2026 More than 3,000 people have backed a campaign to protect green belt land surrounding a County Durham village, amid growing concerns that fields could eventually be opened up for housing development under a review of the county's planning policie

Theakston Estates: The £3.8 Million Property Firm That's Closing Its Doors Teesworks Property Mogul Winds Up £3.77 Million Company as Questions Mount Over Assets... 23rd October 2026 An Eaglescliffe property investment company controlled in part by prominent Tees Valley developer Martin Corney is being wound up, with its latest accounts revealing almost £3.8 million pounds in assets, with the development coming just months after an investigation raised questions about the gro

Putting a Lid on It: Seaton Meadows Landfill Could Be Capped for Good Buried in Trouble: Seaton Meadows Landfill Could Be Sealed as Operator Fights Environment Agency 23rd October 2026 The future of one of Hartlepool's most controversial landfill sites has taken another significant turn, after residents have reportedly been told that Seaton Meadows landfill located on the outskirts of Hartlepool could potentially be capped, sealed and restored rather than having enormous quan

Hartlepool Landfill Firm Faces Criminal Charges as Questions Mount Over Its Financial Future More Than Just Smoke in the Air: Financial Questions Surround Hartlepool's Controversial Landfill, As Criminal Charges Loom.... 22nd October 2026 The operator of one of Hartlepool’s most controversial landfill sites is facing criminal proceedings following a huge fire which occured back in 2024, as further scrutiny of its corporate affairs raises fresh questions about the site's futur

All Units Respond! Former Cleveland Sarge Accused of Getting Frisky Off the Beaten Track Cleveland Sarge's Saucy Stakeouts Come Back to Haunt Him as Former Sargeants Police Career Ends in Disgrace. 21st October 2026 A former Cleveland Police sergeant who appeared on the popular television programme Police Interceptors has been banned from policing after a Misconduct Panel found he'd committed gross misconduct following a long list of sexual encounters with a junior colleague