The Price of Leadership: Believe Housing Advertised £207,753 Plus Pension for Next CEO of Troubled County Durham Housing Landlord Believe Housing’s £207,753 Recruitment Package Revealed Following Retirement Announcement... One of regions largest so called 'housing associations' has been revealed to have offered more than £207,000 a year in salary and a generous car allowance as it recruits a successor to outgoing chief executive Alan Smith. The vacancy, advertised through exe

Lido Enterprises Ltd went into Liquidation this month after HMRC forced it into voluntary liquidation Motor Repair Firm Collapses Owing £113,000 — With No Assets Listed to Repay Creditors... 12th November 2026 A vehicle repair company on the outskirts of Hartlepool has gone into liquidation owing more than £113,000 to its creditors, with financial documents revealing no assets are expected to generate money to repay its creditors. Lido Enterprises Limited’s (Trading as Lido G

Hartlepool’s Council Tax Burden Put to Rayner in Commons Showdown Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash Challenges Council Tax Gap — But Rayner Has No Overhaul Planned... 12th November 2026 The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities & Local Givernment Angela Rayner has said she is not working on an overhaul of council tax, after Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash openly challenged the fairness of the system. Appearing before the Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government

The Swan Pub in Billingham, Teesside has been closed whilst investigations continue. Two Arrests in Separate Sexual Offence Investigations as Billingham Pub Closes 11th November 2026 A Billingham pub has temporarily closed after two separate reports of sexual offences, with one man charged with rape and a second arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The Swan, on Wolviston Road, remains temporarily closed while Cleveland Police investigate the reported incidents and enquiri

Could Hartlepool’s Former Labour Offices Become Flats, or a HMO ? Former Labour Party Campaign Office which was the base for both former MP's Iain Wright & Peter Mandelson sold at auction. 11th November 2026 A former Labour campaign office in Hartlepool, once the base for two former Members of Parliament has been sold at auction after going on the market with a guide price of £75,000. The former Labour Party Campaign Offices in South Rd Hartlepool was recently marketed for sa

Ex-Durham Cop Faces Gross Misconduct Hearing After Car Park Conviction Ex-Durham Police Officer Jailed Over Car Park Sex Act Faces Misconduct Hearing... 10th November 2026 A former Durham Constabulary officer is due to face an accelerated misconduct hearing at Peterlee Police Station at 10am on Thursday 12th November 2026, after pleading guilty to outraging public decency and improperly exercising police powers. Ryan Adams, 28, was jailed for 15 months in October 2026 after t

Mike Young, reform councillor for Hartlepool is listed as one of the Charities Trustees Financial Accounts for a Hartlepool Housing Charity Headed by a Reform Town Councillor Leaves Key Accounting Questions Unanswered.... 10th November 2026 The Charity Commission’s register has marked the first set of financial accounts for a Hartlepool housing charity as qualified, meaning the auditor or independent examiner has expressed reservations or concerns about parts of the financia

Police Watchdog Inquiry Finished — But Stephen Stead’s Inquest Process Continues Time for Answers: Coroner’s Review Finally Set for Hartlepool Man Stephen Stead Who Died in Police Custody More than Three Years Ago. 8th November 2026 A coroner’s hearing into the death of Hartlepool man who died in Police Custody under the botched Operation Artemis Scheme has been listed for this Tuesday, more than three years after he died... The official Teesside inquest schedule seen by the

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

Hartlepool Borough Council reportedly among those owed money as Hartlepool firm Focus Removals is plunged into insolvency. MOVING INTO THE RED: Collapse of Hartlepool Business Laid Bare as Papers Reveal £231,874 Creditor Shortfall.... 4th November 2026 A Hartlepool removals company which last month collapsed into insolvency owed more than £240,000 before entering liquidation, with the taxman accounting for the overwhelming majority of its debts, newly disclosed insolvency doc

Pamela Hargreaves, the former Leader of Hartlepool Borough Council set to lose her role as chair of the Hartlepool Development Corporation after plans for it to be axed were announced. First Her Council Seat, Now Her Chairmanship of the HDC: Former Hartlepool Council Leader Pamela Hargreaves Faces Another Exit... 4th November 2026 Pamela Hargreaves, the wife of Hartlepool Labour MP Jonathan Brash, is set to lose her role as chair of Hartlepool Development Corporation under pl

End of the Road for Hartlepool’s British Heart Foundation Home Store As Closure Date Set for November 14th... 3rd November 2026 Shoppers in Hartlepool have been dealt another blow, as national charity chain The British Heart Foundation this week confirmed the official closure date of its Hartlepool Store is just days away. A closure notice seen by one of The Teesside & Durham Post’s reporters today confirms that the furniture and electrical store at Middleton Grange Shopping

Planning Permission Required: Hartlepool Moves Towards Tighter HMO Controls New Planning Controls for Hartlepool's HMOs Set for December—But Council Warns of Enforcement Pressure 30th October 2026 New planning controls on houses in multiple occupation could take effect across much of Hartlepool from December 2026—but council officers have reportedly warned that enforcing the new regulations would place additional pressure on an already stretched service. Hartlepool Borough Co