Former Cleveland Police Officer Featured on Appeared on Channel 5's "Inside the Force" Accused of Relationship With Vulnerable Woman... 3rd August 2026 A former Cleveland Police officer who appeared in Channel 5’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Inside the Force: 24/7 is due to face a misconduct hearing over allegations he entered into an inappropriate sexual relationship with a vulnerable woman he met through his policing duties. Former PC 2878 Ben Burgess, who has since resigne

The video posted online has gone viral through local social media groups 2nd August 2026 Disturbing footage understood to have been recorded following Saturday’s Open Jar Tribute Festival in Seaton Carew has prompted calls for an investigation into the conduct of people believed to have been working as the events security team. Video supplied exclusively to the Teesside & Durham Post shows an unnamed individual on the ground while several people wearing high-visibility clothi

Questions Raised Over £1.75m Business Rates Debt Owed to Hartlepool Council.. 2nd August 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council is said to be braced for the news that it expects to recover only around £450,000 of the more than £1.75 million pounds debt it’s claimed to be owed following the collapse of Liberty Pipes (Hartlepool) Limited, according to the company’s newly filed statement of affairs. Hartlepool Borough Council appears in the company’s list of unsecured creditors with th