Residents will not Be Given the Keys: The Entrance to Land Behind Bruntoft Avenue in Hartlepool to be closed permanently. 14th July 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council has approved the closure of vehicle access to land behind dozens of homes on Bruntoft Avenue in Hartlepool, following persistent problems with fly-tipping, deliberate fires and vandalism. Members of the council’s Neighbourhood and Regulatory Services Committee agreed at a meeting held on the 30th of June 2026 to pr

Prevention or Prosecution? Funding Slashed for Hartlepool Youth Diversion Cash Cut for Hartlepool Scheme Designed to Stop Children Becoming Criminals.. 18th July 2026 A programme credited with keeping children out of Hartlepool’s criminal justice system has reportedly suffered a 50% funding cut by the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, council papers have revealed…. Hartlepool Youth Justice Service says it was notified in March 2026 that its grant from the commissio

Morrisons in Clarence Road Hartlepool 20th July 2026 A formal notice has been placed outside a Hartlepool Retail store ordering rough sleepers to leave the supermarket’s private land immediately. The notice, issued by enforcement company MS Webb & Co Ltd on behalf of Wm Morrison Supermarkets Ltd, is addressed to “persons unknown and belongings” with it being reported that there may be as many as Six people sleeping rough on the Retail Stores Land illegally. . The legal notice

Hartlepool is one of the areas set to see its British Heart Foundation Store being closed… 20th July 2026 Five British Heart Foundation branches across Teesside and County Durham are set to close as part of a major reduction in the charity’s national high-street network. The charity has today officially published the first list of 87 shops and Home Stores that will permanently shut, they include branches in Hartlepool, Stockton-on-Tees, Durham City, Newton Aycliffe and Conset

Former PC2522 Daniel Smythe... The Former Cleveland Police Constable is Accused of Resetting his Mobile Phone After Arrest... 22nd July 2026 A former Cleveland Police officer is due to face an accelerated misconduct hearing over allegations involving assaults against a witness and attempts to prevent officers from recovering information from his mobile phone. Former Police Constable 2522 Daniel Smythe, who has since resigned from the force, is scheduled to appear before the h

Creditors Set to Decide Fate of the Debt Laden Hartlepool-Based Oak Electrotechnical... Oak Electrotechnical Calls Creditors’ Meeting Over Proposed Liquidation 22nd July 2026 A Hartlepool electrical contractor is facing the prospect of being placed into liquidation after its directors called a virtual meeting of its creditors to consider placing the company into insolvency. . Oak Electrotechnical Ltd, which trades from Unit 4 Moreland Street in Hartlepool, is due to hold the

How Many More: Council Tax Case Raises Questions Over Hartlepool Borough Council’s Treatment of Vulnerable Residents 26th July 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council has removed hundreds of pounds in council tax recovery costs after accepting that it had no evidence showing it discussed a vulnerable resident’s personal circumstances before pursuing the debt. The case was brought before the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman by a woman identified only as “Ms X”. The Ombudsman

The comparison will likely again pile pressure on Hartlepool Borough Council’s seeming lack of transparency over the heavily Discredited Hartlepool Homesearch Scheme. 23rd July 2026 Hartlepool Borough Council recorded 327 applicants as “non-qualifying” for its social-housing register between 2022 and 2025—nine more than the 318 households identified in Lambeth through a Teesside & Durham Post Investigation into social housing applicant disqualifications. New analysis by the T

Cleveland Firefighters Union Campaigns Against Proposed Frontline Cuts 25th July 2026 Cleveland firefighters have launched a campaign against proposed cost-cutting measures which union representatives warn could weaken emergency cover across Teesside and East Cleveland. The Cleveland branch of the Fire Brigades Union has this week unanimously rejected a series of options being considered as Cleveland Fire Brigade attempts to address a projected funding shortfall of approximat

Tees Valley Asylum Figures: Hartlepool Fewer In Number, Higher Per Head

Local Independent Outlets are increasingly seeing their stories being published elsewhere without their knowledge or Permission

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Police Inspector Convicted of Publishing Obscene Article to Face Misconduct Panel

£130,000 CCTV Investment Targets Fly-Tipping — But Council Has Yet to Publish Results

Site of the former Havelock Day Centre In Hartlepool

£2.36m Hartlepool Hardship Fund Could Help Residents Clear Council Tax Arrears

Seven in Ten Escalated Cleveland Police Complaints Follow Dissatisfaction With Initial Handling

Grzegorz Biniszkiewicz, who Previously Worked for Cleveland Polices Stockton Neighbourhood Policing Team Is Accused of Assaulting a Witness on Two Occasions

The Land at Ferry Road Hartlepool, where the Proposed Solar Array could be sited if approved by the council. New Solar Array Planned for Hartlepool Harbour After Power Connection Could Not Be Secured.. 8th June 2026 A planning applications been submitted for a ground-mounted solar panel array near to the Hartlepool Docks to provide electricity for a previously constructed artificial nesting structure built for kittiwakes. The proposed development would be located on part of a