Housing Hope Denied: Hundreds Barred from Hartlepool’s Homesearch Scheme Scores of Hartlepool Residents Shut Out of Social Housing at Alarming Levels, as Calls for the Scheme to be Taken out of Hartlepool Borough Councils Hands Grow... 10th March 2026 H artlepool’s now largely discredited housing allocation system has come under renewed scrutiny once again, after figures revealed the town now has the highest rate of applicants being barred from the housing register anywhere i

“Kangaroo Courts”: Source Close to Cleveland Police Alleges Its Misconduct Hearings 'Lack the Most Basic Elements of Transparency'.... 10th March 2026 F resh concerns have emerged over the integrity of police misconduct hearings being held on Teesside, after a source approached the Teesside & Durham Post alleging that some proceedings are amounting to little more than “kangaroo courts”. The source who spoke to the Teesside & Durham Post  on the guarantee that we protected the

Caught on Camera? Police Vehicles Hit With 100+ Parking Tickets Dozens of Parking Tickets Issued to Police Vehicles – But Who Pays? 6th March 2026 N ewly released figures show that vehicles owned by Cleveland Police have received dozens of parking tickets in recent years – although details as to how many were actually paid or cancelled remain unclear. Information released under the Freedom of Information Act reveals that police-related operational vehicles operating on Teessi