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Middlesbrough Sees 43.1% Of Births To Families With at least One Parent Born Abroad..
New Birth Data Shows Middlesbrough Far Ahead Of Neighbours On Overseas-Born Parent Figures
May 272 min read


County Durham Landlords Reserves Rise To Almost £160m After Reporting Multi-Million Pound Surplus
Believe Housing, with its head offices based at Seaham County Durham
May 273 min read


Family Left Traumatised After Police Force Entry Into Wrong Hartlepool Home..
Cleveland Police Forced Entry Into Wrong Address, Family Claims
May 273 min read


Popular Hartlepool Café Closes After Seven Years As Parking Charges Blamed For Falling Footfall
“Thank You And Goodbye”: The Lock Gates Café at Hartlepool's Navigation Point Closes Its Doors For The Final Time
May 253 min read


Teesside Council 'Silent' Over Housing Scandal, As Calls Grow For Independent Investigation
Council Silence Over Controversial Choice Based Lettings Scheme Raises Questions Of Accountability And Transparency Members of the Public 'Left Without Answers', As Hartlepool Council Ignores Homesearch Investigation Question... 25th May 2026 A Teesside Council is facing fresh questions over the operation of its Controversial Housing Allocations Scheme after its claimed the local council failed to acknowledge, respond to, or make any representation in relation to a formal pub
May 254 min read


Labour MP Condemns Street Abuse — But The Politics Behind The Post Faces Scrutiny'..
Jonathan Brash Says He Was 'Verbally Abused' In Tesco Incident As Political Questions Follow Jonathan Brash Says 'He Was Verbally Abused In Public' — But Is Hartlepool Politics Becoming A Stage?.. 24th May 2026 Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash this week accused a member of the public of verbally abusing him, with Mr Brash claiming he was verbally targeted by the unknown member of the public while leaving his local Tesco store after doing his family shopping. In the post published
May 245 min read


Reform’s First Big Money Row: Hartlepool Council Allowances Set For Comeback...
Controversial Councillor Payments Could Return At Hartlepool Borough Council Where Will Reform Find The Money? Row Erupts Over Hartlepool Council Allowances 24th May 2026 Edited 24th May 2026 08:54am Speculations growing over how Hartlepool Borough Council will fund reported plans to reinstate controversial councillor Special Responsibility Allowances (SRA's), with critics warning the move would place an additional burden on local taxpayers as well as the prospect of even mor
May 243 min read


Hartlepool Hairdressing Business Wound Up With More Than £157,000 In Net Liabilities..
Poppys Hairdressing has become the latest Hartlepool Business to collapse into insolvency. Liquidators Appointed To Hartlepool Hairdressing Business After Nearly 20 Years 22nd May 2026 A Hartlepool hairdressing business which has operated for almost two decades has been placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation with debts amounting to over £157,000 pounds being owed to its creditors. Poppys Hairdressing Hartlepool was incorporated in 2006 and traded in the hairdressing and
May 221 min read


Reform-Led Hartlepool Council Confirms Committee Chairs After Local Election Shake-Up..
Independent Seaton Ward Councillor becomes the towns Ceremonial Mayor despite the official role of Mayor being abolished in 2012 Independent Councillor Lands Ceremonial Mayor Role In Hartlepool as the now Reform led Council Sets Out New Committee Chairs... 22nd May 2026 Edited 26th May 17:35pm Independent Seaton Ward councillor Sue Little yesterday evening become Hartlepool Borough Council’s ceremonial mayor for 2026/27, following the latest round of appointments to the counc
May 223 min read


Community Rallies Round After Wildlife Cruelty Concerns In Hartlepool Park..
Hartlepool Independent Councillor Quewone Bailey Fleet is said to arranged the Community Action Group Police Patrols Increased After Wildlife Cruelty Incident In Rossmere Park, Hartlepool 20th May 2026 Residents, volunteers and community representatives have come together in Rossmere Park Hartlpeool following a disturbing incident involving reports of cruelty towards wildlife. The incident, which was reportedly witnessed by members of the public, has caused concern among loca
May 202 min read


Hartlepool Firm Expands Support For Pools Ahead Of New Season..
Cole Boffy, Chief Commercial Officer at Evolution Risk Assurance, at the Prestige Group Stadium following the company’s renewal and expansion of its partnership with Hartlepool United ahead of the 2026/27 season. Pools Partnership Boost As Evolution Risk Assurance Renews Club Sponsorship 20th May 2026 Hartlepool United's confirmed that Evolution Risk Assurance has renewed and expanded its partnership with the club ahead of the 2026/27 season. The Hartlepool-founded company wi
May 203 min read


Nine Kilos Of Counterfeit Tobacco And 9,000 Cigarettes In Hartlepool Raid..
The illegal Tobacco was seized from a shop in Murray Street Hartlepool (Pic Credit Google Maps) Hartlepool Shop Raided As Police Seize Thousands Of Suspected Illegal Cigarettes 20th May 2026 Nine kilos of loose tobacco and up to 9,000 cigarettes have reportedly been seized from a shop in Murray Street as part of a major police operation targeting crime and drug distribution across Hartlepool. Cleveland Police confirmed the seizure followed a series of early-morning strikes on
May 203 min read


Hartlepool Labour Turns To Martin Scarborough After Reform UK Election Wipeout...
Martin Scarborough has been appointed as Hartlepool Labour Group Leader its been announced this week Controversial Leadership Choice Puts Hartlepool Labour Back Under Scrutiny 20th May 2026 The Hartlepool Labour Group is facing fresh controversy after its been announced Hartlepool Solicitor Councillor Martin Scarborough was appointed as the party’s new group leader on Hartlepool Borough Council following Labour’s bruising local election defeat to Reform UK. The appointment c
May 202 min read


Hartlepool Factory Placed On The Market After Jobs Blow...
Brigman IBC in Greatham Street Hartlepool
May 193 min read


Commons Rules Under Spotlight After Jonathan Brash Donor Job Complaint..
Standards Commissioner: MPs Must Avoid Donor Jobs Looking Like Rewards Political Donors Can Be Hired By MPs — But Watchdog Warns Against ‘Reward’ Appointments.. 19th May 2026 Labour MP for Hartlepool Jonathan Brash has dodged an immediate Commons standards investigation over the appointment of one of his political donors as Office Manager, after the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards confirmed there are currently no specific rules restricting how MPs recruit their staff
May 193 min read


ICO Orders Hartlepool Council To Release School Admissions Fraud Figures..
Hartlepool Civic Centre
May 192 min read


Sadness As Well-Known Hartlepool Company Shuts Its Doors...
Foster Laws Hartlepool
May 191 min read


Morrisons Shoppers Warned Of Empty Shelves As HGV Drivers Vote On Strike Action..
Morrissons in Stockton On Tees could be one of the sites set to be effected. Stockton Depot Named In Morrisons Strike Ballot Dispute... 18th May 2026 Morrisons customers across the north of England could face disruption after nearly 500 HGV drivers who supply the supermarket chain began voting on whether to take strike action. The drivers, who are employed by logistics firm Eddie Stobart, work from Morrisons distribution depots in Wakefield, Stockton-on-Tees and Northwich in
May 182 min read


South Tees Development Corporation Told Senior Officials’ Names Must Be Released...
The STDC Has Been Ordered To Hand Over Names Of Senior Officers After FOI Complaint Information Commissioner Ruling Means Senior Public Officials Details Cannot Be Shielded From Freedom of Information Requests... 17th May 2026 The South Tees Development Corporation has been ordered to disclose the names and job titles of senior internal officers after the Information Commissioner found it had gone too far in redacting parts of an Freedom of Information response. The decision,
May 173 min read


Senior Surgeon Wins Key Discrimination Claims Against Teesside NHS Trust...
North Tees Hospital, Stockton on Tees
May 172 min read
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