Hartlepool’s Jacksons Wharf Up for Grabs as Marston’s Searches for New Operator £11,000-a-Week Hartlepool Pub Looking for Someone New to Take the Helm 29th Sep 2026 One of Hartlepool Marina’s best-known pubs is looking for a new operator, with The Jacksons Wharf being advertised as an opportunity for an individual, couple or team to take over the running of the waterfront venue. Pub company Marston’s is currently advertising Jacksons Wharf under its Community Wet Partnership

Flood Risk Investment: £25m Greatham Scheme Gets Planning Approval £25m Greatham Flood Defence Scheme Gets Green Light as Major Works Set for 2027 29th Sep 2026 A £25 million flood alleviation scheme on the outskirts of Hartlepool has been given the green light, with work expected to begin early next year. Hartlepool Borough Council has granted planning permission for the Environment Agency’s Greatham North East Flood Alleviation Scheme, a major project intended to strengthen

18 Duke Street Hartlepool Property in Hartlepool’s Duke Street Closed by Magistrates for Three Months. 29th Sep 2026 Magistrates have granted a closure order on a Hartlepool Property which had plagued the local community with Drug Dealing, Anti Social Behaviour & Criminal Damage. Teesside Magistrates' Court this week granted a three-month order for 18 Duke Street, Hartlepool, after hearing evidence presented by the Hartlepool Community Safety Team, a multi agency team consist

Lane Confusion Forces Fresh Changes at Hartlepool’s Easington Road Roundabout Back to the Drawing Board? Hartlepool Roundabout to Be Altered Again.... 28th Sep 2026 A Hartlepool roundabout which attracted a barrage of complaints from motorists since undergoing a supposedly ‘major redesign’ is set to be altered yet again, after red faced out of town council officials admitted that further changes are now needed to improve traffic safety at the junction…. The A179 Hart Road, Ea

Rabbit Carcasses Left Behind as Suspected Lamping Gang Targets Hartlepool Trading Estate Bloodsport on a Hartlepool Business Park after Rabbits found savagely Killed on Hartlepool Estate... 27th Sep 2026 (Warning, Contains Images of Dead Animals) An apparent 'bloodsport' taking place under the cover of darkness on a Hartlepool trading estate has been reported to the RSPCA, after a Teesside & Durham Post investigation uncovered allegations that wild animals are being deliberat

Haydyn Brunsdon, a now suspended Durham Police Officer was released from custody on bail sparking widespread outrage, (Pic Credit Red Rose OCP & Awareness) Anger Online as Suspended Durham Police Officer Facing Serious Allegations Is Released on Bail 26th Sep 2026 A serving Durham Constabulary officer arrested on suspicion of sexual communication with a child and misconduct in public office has been released on police bail, prompting an angry reaction from members of the publ

Durham Police Must Explain Its Safeguards After Latest Officer Arrest Durham Police officer arrested over suspected sexual communication with child & comes just months after the force reported another officer had been arrested on suspicion of rape... 25th Sep 2026 A serving Durham Constabulary officer has been arrested on suspicion of sexual communication with a child and misconduct in public office. The 31-year-old was detained in the early hours of this morning, Friday, Sep

Hartlepool Housing Report Reveals Scale of Asylum Dispersal Across Town Council Reveals 403 Asylum Seekers Living in Dispersed Accommodation in Hartlepool — But None are in Hotels… 25th Sep 2026 More than 400 asylum seekers are currently being accommodated across Hartlepool under the Government’s dispersal system, newly published council papers reveal — although the troubled Teesside Council has been quick to confirm that none are being housed in any hotels in the town. A rep

Retail Park or Residential? Questions Remain Over £3.4m Hartlepool Site Could Demolition Now Unlock the Value of Hartlepool’s Vision Retail Park? 24th Sep 2026 The proposed sale of Hartlepool’s Vision Retail Park has opened up a much bigger question over the future of the site — and whether the former retail units purched by the towns National Museum of the Royal Navy in a now stalled £25m pound project could eventually disappear altogether to make way for another major housi

Council Demands Timetable for Improvement as Hartlepool Residents Report Serious Postal Delays Missed Hospital Appointments and Weeks Without Post: Council Takes Hartlepool Royal Mail Complaints to the Top 24th Sep 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council is being asked to formally challenge Royal Mail over continuing postal delays in the town, after increasing reports of residents missing crucial medical appointments, important financial documents failing to arrive and some household

Risk of the Ship Sinking’: Stark Warning Over Future of Hartlepool Paddle-steamer Wingfield Castle Hartlepool Borough Council Warned Wingfield Castle ‘Could Sink’ if Repairs Cannot Be Funded… 23rd Sep 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council has been warned that its Historic Paddlesteamer The Wingfield Castle could continue to deteriorate — with official papers identifying a risk that the vessel “could eventually sink” if an affordable repair programme cannot be secured…. The warning

Hartlepool Waterfront Shake-Up: £3.4m Museum Expansion Abandoned as Another Major Scheme Faces Axe.. 23rd Sep 2026 Millions of pounds of public funding associated with the planned expansion of the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Hartlepool may now have to be redirected, after the museum controversially decided not to proceed with plans at Vision Retail Park, newly published council papers reveal. Documents going before Hartlepool Borough Council’s Housing, Growth and Com

£11.5m Cost Increase Leaves Hartlepool Waterfront Project on the Brink 22nd Sep 2026 A flagship Hartlepool waterfront regeneration project involving the Museum of Hartlepool and the historic Wingfield Castle is set to be abandoned after estimated costs more than doubled to over £21 million pounds. Hartlepool Borough Council’s Housing, Growth and Communities Committee will be asked on 30th of September 2026 to endorse a recommendation that the ambitious Tides of Change progra

Weeks Late: Hartlepool Residents Say Post Is Arriving in Bulk Missed Appointments and Two-Week Parcels as Hartlepool Postal Delays Continue… 22nd Sep 2026 Concerns over Royal Mail services in Hartlepool have resurfaced, with residents living in Hartlepool once again reporting lengthy delays to letters and parcels — just over two months after the Teesside & Durham Post first highlighted problems across the town. The Teesside & Durham Post first reported on the 6th of July 2026

Pools could be looking for yet another manager after another defeat in the National League 19th Sep 2026 Lee Clark’s position at Hartlepool United is under increased pressure after Pools suffered their sixth National League defeat of the season — and their third successive league loss — with a damaging 3–1 home defeat against newly promoted Worthing. Saturday afternoon's result at Victoria Park leaves Clark's side with just three victories from their opening nine National Lea

Treasury Foregoes Millions in Taxes as North East Housing Associations Benefit From Charity Tax Rules Meant for Smaller Companies. How Charitable Status Is Wiping Out Millions in Corporation Tax Liabilities at Two of the Regions Largest Housing Providers... 19th Sep 2026 The financial Accounts of two of the regions largest housing associations has revealed almost £40 million pounds of UK Corporation Tax has been avoided from both Believe Housing and Thirteen Housing Group ove

Go Local Shop in Avenue Rd Hartlpeool Pic Googlre Maps) Licence Holder ‘Untraceable’ After Alleged Alcohol and Tobacco Sales to Children 17th Sep 2026 A former licence holder of a Hartlepool convenience store has become “untraceable” after Trading Standards sought to question him over alleged sales of alcohol and tobacco products to children, according to council licensing papers. The details are contained in minutes from a Hartlepool Borough Council Licensing Sub-Committee h

Hartlepool's 'Yellow Cabs' look set to remain after overwhelming public support . Hartlepool Looks Set to Keep Its Yellow Taxis Despite Operator Warning Over Costs and Electric Cars... 16th September 2026 Hartlepool’s distinctive yellow taxis look set to remain a familiar sight on the town’s streets after an overwhelming majority of respondents to a council consultation backed keeping the colour — despite one major Taxi operator warning that the requirement is increasing cost

‘Toxic Male Masculinity’: Hartlepool Youth Justice Raises Alarm Over Alleged Social Media Influence Hartlepool Youth Justice Sounds Warning Over ‘Toxic Masculinity’ and Online Influencers 15th September 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council's warned the alleged “rise and emergence of toxic male masculinity and misogynistic views” on social media could influence young males and potentially contribute to behaviour which then brings them into contact with the criminal justice system.

Borrowing Warning as Hartlepool Council Draws Down The Last of its Reserves Hartlepool Council Warns More Expensive Borrowing May Be Needed as Reserves Are Drawn Down... 15th September 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council has warned it may eventually have to take out longer-term borrowing at higher interest rates than originally anticipated, as its capital programme progresses and reserves are increasingly being used to support day to day spending. The warning appears in the counc