The Former 'Wok Inn' Hartlepool, previously known as 'The Touchdown' Public House. The former Restaurant, left derelict for around a decade could be brought back into use, as a Mixed Use Development according to plans seen by The Teesside & Durham Post.. 12th December 2025 A planning application to bring an 'eyesore' building back into which has been a blot on the towns landscape for over a decade has been submitted to Hartlepool Borough Council... The former Wok Inn , locat

Jonathan Brash, Labour MP for Hartlepool The Labour MP for Hartlepool Promises “No Loss of Freedoms” as Digital ID Concerns Grow.. 12th December 2025 C oncerns over the Government’s plans for a national Digital ID system are rapidly escalating, with Hartlepool's residents said to be firmly against the proposals. For many residents in the town, the idea of a government-backed digital identity scheme represents not modernisation, but another step towards state overreach, survei

Millions of Pounds worth of Council Tax Payers Money Leaving Hartlepool? The Bodies Taking the Lion’s Share of Council Funds 12th December 2025 I nformation published recently by Hartlepool Borough Council regarding its Quarter 2 financial expenditure data has finally revealed the true picture of where large sums of public money are actually going — and, crucially, how much of it is leaving Hartlepool altogether . An examination of the figures highlights five standout payment

Cleveland Police, widely regarded as an Extremist Group deemed "Too Broken to Save", as New Reforms Could Finally See the End of its Reign of Terror on Teesside... 11th December 2025 R ecent proposals from the Government have signaled the most far-reaching overhaul of policing in England and Wales since the 1960s , with profound implications for smaller, scandal-ridden forces such as Cleveland Police . At the centre of the Government’s thinking is said to be a major restructu

Mark Hanson (Pictured Middle) has previously been a candidate in Hartlepool's Local Elections Labour Moves First in Fens & Greatham ahead of the May 2026 local elections, as Reform UK Prepares Major Announcement... 10th December 2025 T he Hartlepool Labour Group has moved early in the race for what's considered to be a hotly challenged town council ward, announcing local resident and former by-election contender Mark Hanson  as its candidate for the May 2026 Hartlepool Boroug

Redcar & Cleveland Council Plans, which are to be put out to consultation will still need final approval from a full council meeting in the New Year. 9th December 2025 R edcar & Cleveland Borough Council has revealed plans to raise council tax by almost the maximum permitted 5%  for the 2026/27 financial year as it battles one of the most severe financial deficits in its history. According to Cabinet papers published ahead of a meeting being held today, the authority intends

Brash's bid to ridicule a reform councillor over his business affairs backfires spectacularly in Labours Latest 'Own Goal'.. Labour Attack on Reform UK Councillor Backfires, as Brash’s Own Colleague Hit with £6,600 AML Fine.... 8th December 2025 A Hartlepool Labour MP is this week licking his political PR wounds, after a bid to expose a Reform Councillor dramatically backfired when an investigation by the Teesside & Durham Post   revealed that one of Mr Brash’s own Labour col

The service could officially be scrapped in 2026, as the government looks to shift the service into other NHS areas.. From Contract Scandal to Closure: Healthwatch Hartlepool’s Days Are Numbered, as the Government Announces Plans to Abolish The Quango many say has merely Lined the Pockets of Those Running it... 8th Dec 2025 T he Labour Government’s is reportedly getting set to announce plans which would see Healthwatch England and the 152 local Healthwatch bodies across the

Mr Brash's claims of thousands being lifted out of poverty with the lifting of the two child cap seems to be significantly flawed Governments Own Data Dismantles Brash’s Claim: Council Tax Support, Not Benefit Caps, Drove Child Poverty & Raising the Two Child Limit Wont Help Struggling Families. 6th December 2025 H artlepool MP Jonathan Brash has claimed the Government’s recent Budget has “lifted thousands of children out of poverty.” Sadly, its a statement that collapses und

Election Counting in the 2021 Hartlepool Elections The End of Labour’s Free Run in Hartlepool looks to be just five months away. Reform UK’s 2026 Strategy Explained 6th December 2025 W ith just Five Months until the May 2026 local elections, the political landscape at Hartlepool Borough Council could be set for one of its most dramatic shifts in over a decade. Labour currently enjoys a firm majority, holding 22 of the 36 seats. But if Reform UK are poised to deliver a stron

Nathan Henderson The Conviction has blown open the question as to whether Teesside's police force, widely regarded by many as an Extremist Group, should now be brought back under special measures. 5th December 2025 A former Cleveland Police constable who appeared at Durham Crown Court earlier this year facing a catalogue of child sex allegations has now been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Nathan Henderson, formerly of Norton in Teesside, learned his fate today (Friday 5 Dec

Typical Stop Operation by Cleveland Police however these are now being increasingly questions as to their effectiveness. A Month of Manpower for Little Return: Cleveland Police’s Christmas 2024 Drink-Driving Campaign Scrutinised as a waste of resources, after delivering very few convictions. 5th December 2025 C leveland Police has released new data under the Freedom of Information Act that raises serious questions about the effectiveness of its Christmas Drink-Driving Campaig

St Helens School in Hartlepool will be demolished & rebuilt under a £1.4bn National Scheme Hartlepool School Set for Demolition Under £1.4bn Rebuilding Scheme 5th December 2025 T he demolition of a Hartlepool school has moved a step closer, after Hartlepool Borough Council formally approved proposals this week, progressing a major redevelopment that forms part of a national £1.4 billion School Rebuilding Programme. Council officers had originally intended to issue a decision

Locals will never be told how much the purchase of nine new council homes will cost them, despite taxpayers picking up the bill for it... Hartlepool Borough Council to Expand it's Housing Stock by Nine Additional Homes – But Local taxpayers to be Left in the Dark as to the True Cost.... 4th December 2025 H artlepool Borough Council is set to formally approved the purchase of nine new-build houses  from the Housing Developer Persimmon Homes on what's known as the South West Ex

Highlight Leisure Centre, which is currently under construction at Hartlepool's marina Timeline Slips: Why the £34.6m Highlight Hub Won’t Open Until Spring 2026... 2nd December 2025 H artlepool Borough Council has confirmed significant updates on the long-awaited opening of the town’s £34.6 Million Pound flagship Highlight Active Wellbeing Hub – widely known to residents as Highlight Leisure Centre. According to the council’s Housing, Growth & Communities Committee papers whi

A recent campaign undertaken by Cleveland Police Know Your Rights: The Legal Grey Area Behind Cleveland Police’s Drink-Drive Checkpoints... 2nd December 2025 T eessides most scandal ridden Police Force have recently intensified their anti–drink-drive campaigns, with officers reportedly conducting roadside checkpoints and 'flagging in' motorists for breath tests seemingly without any stated grounds other than the fact "Its December" & "its Coming up to Christmas", so in the ey

Greatham Meadow, a housing estate under construction by Persimmon Homes Buying Houses on Borrowed Money — Hartlepool Borough Councils Housing Purchase That Doesn’t Stack Up Financially.... 1st December 2025 H artlepool Borough Councils facing questions over just how it intends to fund the purchase of up to nine new homes on the town’s South West Extension, known as Greatham Meadow, after official financial documents reveal the councils Housing Revenue Account simply doesn't h

Government Lifts the Two-Child Cap, but the reality is Hartlepool Borough Council is keeping Families Poor... 30th November 2025 T he headlines have been full of it this week of Rachel Reeves and the Labour government announcing they've finally scrapped the 'cruel' two-child benefit cap in the 2025 Budget – a policy that Labour claims, has kept millions in poverty since 2017. The government proudly claims this change will lift 450,000 children out of relative poverty by the e

The misconduct Hearing would see the officer, if found guilty, being banned from ever applying to become an officer again.. Domestic Incident Allegation Sparks Public Misconduct Hearing for Former Officer 29th November 2025 A former Cleveland Police Constable is set to appear before a Disciplinary Hearing next month relating to allegations of discreditable conduct. Former officer, PC 2747 William Douglas, is to face an accelerated misconduct hearing next month, with the hear

Sunderland Labour Party Deal Huge Election Blow After Reform Takes Hetton By-Election With Massive Majority... 28th November 2025 R eform UK has delivered a stunning electoral upset in Sunderland, storming to victory in the Hetton By-Election and pushing Labour not just into second place – but into the political wilderness of third. For a council ward long regarded as 'Bible Bashing' Labour territory, the scale of the defeat signals something far more seismic than a single se