Once Raises Questions. Twice Demands Answers: Second Death in Police Custody in Middlesbrough raises concerns Two Deaths, One Troubling Question: What's Really Happening Behind Middlesbrough’s Custody Doors? 8th November 2026 Opinion Another man has died in police custody in Middlesbrough. Another family now faces the devastating task of trying to understand just why someone taken into the care of Cleveland Police never came home. For those who remember Hartlepool man Stephen

Yesterdays scenes in King Oswy are fueling concerns that police will effectively 'ban' legitimate rights to protest. Take Your Frustration to the Civic Centre — And Demand a Town to Be Proud Of 8th November 2026 Opinion Imagine what Hartlepool could achieve if the energy spent gathering yesterday evening outside people’s homes was channeled right outside the councils Civic Centre or the Police Station demanding a safer, cleaner and better-run town. Imagine the same public det

Home Damaged, Extra Police Called: King Oswy Gathering Sparks Dispersal Order So called ‘Peaceful Protest’ organised by Social media 'agitators' Ends in Property Damage as Police Warn Action will be taken... 8th November 2026 Cleveland Police have warned they've not ruled out taking a much firmer approach towards social media 'agitators' stirring up disorder, after a gathering supposedly described as a “peaceful protest” yesterday evening left yet another Hartlepool property

“Not a Failed Business”: LilyAnne’s Challenges Claims About Former CIC Hartlepool Charity at the centre of a payments scandal Hits Back Over Wharton Trust Loan Claims and Says Legal Proceedings Are Ongoing.... 7th November 2026 A Hartlepool Business linked to an investigation into payments it allegedly recieved from The Wharton Trust has issued a strongly worded statement rejecting claims that it ever received a ‘loan’ & openly challenging the Trust’s published accounts, sayi

£62,450 Written Off as Wharton Trust Accounts Expose Financial Failings Hartlepool Charity The Wharton Trust Paid Thousands for Work on Property It Did Not Own, Accounts Reveal.... Teesside & Durham Post Exclusive... 7th November 2026 The financial concerns surrounding a Hartlepool Charity have reportedly deepened, after its latest accounts revealed substantial financial write-offs, inadequate accounting records and uncertainty over whether the charity can continue in its pre

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen Could Get 26.5% Allowance Increase — Backdated to June Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen Allowance Rise Proposed as Wider Payments Package To Cost £69,600 a Year... 6th November 2026 Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen could potentially be in line for a £17,200 allowance increase under proposals going before regional leaders this month, with the higher payments potentially backdated to June. Papers published ahead of the Tees Valley Combined Authority’s Ca

Left Without Lessons: Hartlepool Council Slammed Over Nine-Month Education Gap Hartlepool Council Agrees £2,700 Payment After Girl Misses Nine Months of Education 6th November 2026 The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has ordered Hartlepool Borough Council to apologise and make payments totalling £2,700 after an Ombudsman investigation found its delays left a girl without education for nine months. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman upheld a complaint fr

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