The development on land north of Wynyard Woods on the outskirts of Hartlepool £1m Affordable Housing Deal Clears the Way for Controversial Wynyard Plan 21st November 2025 A further 97 homes have finally been approved for development  almost three years after the original plans were submitted to Hartlepool Borough Council – and despite more than ten objections lodged by concerned residents. Duchy Homes first applied to the council back in June 2022 , seeking full planning perm

Hampshire Road Sign Freedom of information request by a member of the public lifts the lid on just why Hartlepool Borough Council is shelling out tens of thousands of pounds on care costs to a local council nearly 300 miles away. 21st November 2025 A Freedom of Information (FOI) response has shed new light on a controversial £126,490 payment  Hartlepool Borough Council made to Hampshire County Council  for “residential care” — a transaction first highlighted by the Teesside

Audit Report Lays Bare How Cleveland Fire Brigade Let Its Own Public Company Fall Into Crisis — And Then Tried to Contain the Damage.... 20th November 2025 A new draft report from Auditors Forvis Mazars, which will be presented to Cleveland Fire Authority’s Audit & Governance Committee this week, has laid bare the chain of failures that led to the collapse of Cleveland Fire Brigade Risk Management Services CIC (CFB RMS) — the troubled trading arm of the Fire Brigade that was

Dyke House Academy in Hartlepool From Hunger to Home Schooling: Why Parents Claim they are Removing their Children from a Hartlepool School... 20th November 2025 Y et another concerned parent has this week sparked a wave of discussion online after revealing a string of troubling experiences her son has faced since starting at a Hartlepool School. Dyke House Academy  — is said to be facing wider questions about school standards, children’s welfare, and why so many Hartlepool

Four Officers Fired, & Countless Questions: What’s Really Happening Inside Teesside's Publicly Funded Extremist Group ? 20th November 2025 C leveland Police continues to cement its reputation as one of the most troubled forces in the UK, with yet another year dominated by misconduct hearings, officer dismissals, and behaviour that has left the public asking— who exactly is policing the police? Over the last twelve months, at least four Cleveland Police officers have been dism

Council Tax Band G applies to properties in England that had a market value between £160,001 and £320,000 on the valuation date of April 1, 1991.  Locals in some of Hartlepool's Highest council tax rated homes could be set to pay DOUBLE Council Tax, under proposals by the Labour Government.. 19th November 2025 R ecent reports suggest that Chancellor Rachel Reeves  is said to be considering a major shake-up of council tax in her upcoming Budget — a move some are calling a “m

MSP Solicitors in Hartlepool was closed down in 2023 by regulators. Solicitors Regulations Authority Documents outline they intend to seek a prosecution against a solicitor who worked for the now defunct 'MSP Solicitors' in Hartlepool following allegations of the misuse of client funds. 19th November 2025 A Hartlepool-based solicitor is set to appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) in the new year, after the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced th

Hartlepool Borough Council CEO set to stand down in the Summer of 2026 Taxpayers could be left having to fork out yet another Golden Goodbye Payment, five years after a previous £48k payment to an outgoing CEO caused a public outcry... 19th November 2025 L ocal residents could once again could be left footing the bill for a substantial “golden goodbye” payout as outgoing Hartlepool Borough Council Chief Executive Denise McGuckin prepares to step down next summer—potentially t

News this week broke that Denise McGuckin will stand down in the Summer of 2026.. One of Hartlepool's worst CEO's will stand down in the summer of 2026. But Behind the scenes, her departure was already laid out for her with the resignation of two other council officials. 19th November 2025 N ews broke this week of the departure of Denise McGuckin , Chief Executive of Hartlepool Borough Council, who's set to stand down from her role in the summer of 2026. On paper, this gives

Scandals, Staff Crisis and ‘No Confidence’ Reportedly Make Council Top Officials Position Untenable, as Hartlepool's worst performing CEO finally admits her time at the authority with no public confidence is over.... 19th November 2025 A senior local government chief is set to step down in summer 2026 after a series of scandals and a historic collapse in public trust left her position effectively unsustainable. Denise McGuckin, who has served Hartlepool Borough Council for ne

Plans to keep the controversial Council Tax support system which replaced council tax benefit back in 2013 will be discussed at a council Finance Committee, with plans to hold the maximum support at 90%. 18th November 2025 H artlepool Borough Council looks set to keep its Controversial Local Council Tax Support (LCTS)  scheme at its maximum 90% reduction level  for working-age claimants going into 2026/27, leaving some of the towns lowest income households having to find arou

Conservatives John Ledham (Left) & Labour's Ben Clayton (Right) have now recorded some of the worst attendance records for this year... The two councillors representing Hartlepool Borough Council have recorded a woeful attendance record, with ZERO attendances to full council meetings over the year, raising questions over whether poorly attending councillors should have their allowances stopped to protect the public purse....? 18th November 2025 T wo Hartlepool councillors hav

The Teesside & Durham Post, as part of its investigation into the now Discredited Choice Based lettings Scheme "Hartlepool Homesearch" has unearthed huge transparency issues in the clearly 'broken' housing scheme which officials seem all too keen to sweep under the carpet. 18th November 2025 F resh concerns have once again been raised over the transparency of a now Discredited Hartlepool Choice Based lettings Scheme being run by Hartlepool Borough Council, as new data reveals

Venator Materials PLC.. The collapse of Venator Materials PLC in September 2025, poised to be one of the largest corporate failures the region has seen in recent years, with the full scale of the firms financial catastrophe only just being made fully known in a liquidators statement of affairs. 17th November 2025 A newly-published Statement of Affairs for a company once operating in Hartlepool has unveiled the true scale of the firms financial collapse, with Venator Material

Venator Hartlepool, which went into Administration in September 2025 Hartlepool Borough Council envisages a loss of Business Rates Income of around half a million pounds in reports set to be put before council officials... 17th November 2025 H artlepool Borough Council is said to be bracing itself for a major hit to its finances following the collapse of Venator Materials UK Ltd in September 2025 & was said to have been one of the area’s long-standing industrial employers. A

Hartlepool Civic Centre The report, set to go before councillors next week will reveal the financial position at Hartlepool Borough Council has 'worsened', throwing a spanner in the works for the Labour run councils proposed Council Tax Freeze for local residents. 17th November 2025 H artlepool Borough Council’s latest Quarter 2 Budget Monitoring Report for 2025/26  paints a stark picture of a local council under severe financial strain — one that may soon collide with the La

It seems many in Hartlepool are questioning whether £1.27 Million Pounds was really needed to refurbish a Youth Centre.... Rossmere’s £1.27m Glow-Up Exposes Uneven Investment Across Hartlepool & Labours desperate bid to keep its stronghold council wards.... 16th November 2025 L ast week, Hartlepool Borough Council officially reopened The Rossmere Youth Centre following a major £1.27 million refurbishment — supposedly funded via the Government’s Youth Investment Fund. On the s

A Typical listing for a 6 Bedroomed HMO currently on the market for a Guide price of £305,000 Will Article 4 Directions Really Stop Hartlepool’s HMO Explosion?. As HMO Conversions Drastically Reduce the Number of Homes to Rent in the Seaside town... 16th November 2025 H artlepool is experiencing a surge in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) being created, and a recent property listing on perfectly exposes the issue. The fully licensed six-bed HMO in Hartlepool's Lancatser R

Hartlepool’s high-band homeowners potentially braced for a shock council tax surge, as a A London-style mansion tax for millionaires could hit more than 1,600 Hartlepool Homes... 15th November 2025 H artlepool could soon be swept up in a national Council Tax shake-up, after reports have emerged Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning a new surcharge on higher-value homes – a move already being dubbed a “mansion tax” across the UK. According to reports, the Government is preparin

Matt Storey Currently the Labour Police & Crime Commissioner for Teesside Many Local's "glad to see the role's set to be abolished", as many claim it's increased the layer of bureaucracy in one of Teesside's most corrupt & unaccountable Extremist Groups. 14th November 2025 T he Labour Government this week confirmed that Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) across England and Wales will finally be abolished in 2028 — a decision that lands at a time when Cleveland Police’s cat