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Hartlepool’s Interests — or Labour’s? Reading Between Brash’s Lines As the Mandelson Scandal Deepens, Brash Reaches for a Local Distraction 8th Feb 2026 H artlepool’s Member of Parliament, Jonathan Brash, published his latest piece in a local newspaper urging the Hartlepool “must not lose out” amid proposed changes to local police structures — a call framed as standing up for Hartlepudlians in the face of sweeping regional policing reforms. On its face, Brash defending local services is...

Large sections of Hartlepool's town centre could face demolition as Middleton Grange crisis deepens... 8th Feb 2026 L arge swathes of Hartlepool town centre may have to be demolished as part of radical plans to deal with whats claimed to be 'escalating problems' at Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, according to discussions revealed in official papers from The Hartlepool Development Corporation. Documents which are to go before the Development Corporation’s Audit and Governance Committee on...

Middleton Grange blamed for major delays in HDC’s audit How Middleton Grange Shopping Centre in Hartlepool has plunged The Hartlepool Development Corporations accounts into crisis... 7th Feb 2026 M iddleton Grange Shopping Centre's emerged as the single most problematic asset in The Hartlepool Development Corporation’s (HDC) portfolio according to recent reports– a struggling retail complex that's not only reportedly haemorrhaging tenants, but repeatedly undermining the credibility of the...