Stockton-on-Tees news

• Councillor's Middlebrough rat concern - despite previously voting against pest control

  17-01-2026 13:10 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Councillor Joan McTigue told a Middlesbrough Council meeting: 'I've had them for the first time' :: Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke said there will be a service in the upcoming budget
  
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• 'So blessed': Mayor Ben Houchen and wife Rachel welcome newborn baby boy

  17-01-2026 11:53 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The little boy is the couple's second child
  
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• Update on boy arrested after 'assault' on policewoman guarding alleged murder scene

  17-01-2026 11:29 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A policewoman was reportedly punched in the face in Egglescliffe Close, in Hardwick
  
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• Person hauled from cold sea off Hartlepool coast suffering with hypothermia

  17-01-2026 11:02 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The RNLI and Humber Coastguard were called to the incident at Hartlepool's Headland :: The person was was suffering from hypothermia
  
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• ‘Six-star’ runner Sarah Price completes all world marathon majors scooping clutch of medals

  17-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Mum-of-two Sarah Price, 42, completed the prestigious challenge at the end of last year
  
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• Diggers on site of new Treasury and civil service centre in heart of Darlington

  17-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Drone images show machinery on site and working on land off Brunswick Street in the town centre
  
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• Police issue statement as body found in search for missing teenager Grace Keeling

  16-01-2026 18:21 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A body has been found on the beach
  
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• Updates as body found in search for Philip Ryan after blue tent erected at Hartlepool Marina

  16-01-2026 17:39 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police search teams are at an area of water off Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool Marina
  
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• LIVE: Body found in search for Philip Ryan after blue tent erected at Hartlepool Marina

  16-01-2026 17:39 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police search teams are at an area of water off Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool Marina
  
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• Thief ran from Middlesbrough church coffee morning with donation box down trousers

  16-01-2026 17:11 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Lee Hugill was welcomed with a hot drink and biscuit when he walked into St. Martin's Church
  
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• Middlesbrough rubbish rummager who rifled through trash looking for saleable items ends up in court

  16-01-2026 16:27 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Farnaby was caught on CCTV removing black bags from a property without permission
  
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• Hartlepool Marina taped off by police in hunt for missing man

  16-01-2026 16:03 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Philip Ryan left his home in Glamis Walk in the Owton Manor area and has not been seen since Saturday, January 10
  
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• Hartlepool Marina taped off by police in connection with search for missing man

  16-01-2026 16:03 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Philip Ryan left his home in Glamis Walk in the Owton Manor area and has not been seen since Saturday, January 10
  
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• What we know about Nunthorpe shooting as 'hired' gunman jailed for six years

  16-01-2026 15:25 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Joseph Gray was jailed for six years after he shot at house in Nunthorpe and torched the car parked on the driveway
  
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• Tribunal finds nurses suffered harassment due to transgender colleague using changing rooms

  16-01-2026 14:27 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Eight Darlington nurses did suffer harrassment after complaining that a trans colleague used changing facilities, a tribunal has found
  
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• ‘Andrew Tate is not bee’s knees’: Councillors discuss attitudes and violence towards women and girls

  16-01-2026 14:09 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Numerous Middlesbrough councillors discussed the social media influencer, with one saying the amount of conversations he has about Andrew Tate on a weekly basis is 'ridiculous'
  
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• Man hit by three cars dies at scene of Trunk Road crash near Lazenby

  16-01-2026 13:49 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A man has tragically died following a collision on Trunk Road near Lazenby and Grangetown
  
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• Man hit by three cars dies at scene of Trunk Road crash

  16-01-2026 13:49 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A man has tragically died following a collision on Trunk Road near Grangetown
  
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• PICTURES: £140m Darlington Station redevelopment progress drone shots

  16-01-2026 13:32 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Progress pictures show the development of a new multi-storey car park, which will include parking for over 600 cars
  
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• 'Hired' gunman shot at detached Nunthorpe home and torched BMW on driveway

  16-01-2026 12:21 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Joseph Gray, 43, drove to Middlesbrough from his home in Birmingham to carry out the 'extremely dangerous' attack he says he was hired for
  
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• Concern over 'balaclava-clad males' in VW Golf later found abandoned in Middlesbrough

  16-01-2026 10:46 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police is appealing for information after the car was seen driving in an antisocial manner around the Saltersgill Avenue area
  
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• Deputy head barred after watching child rape videos is jailed over English tutor job interview

  16-01-2026 09:36 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Swinnerton taught at a Middlesbrough primary school when the National Crime Agency raided his home
  
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• Alert issued by Met Office as forecasters warn of dense fog patches across Teesside

  16-01-2026 08:30 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A weather warning for fog is in place until 9am on Friday morning
  
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• Met Office issues yellow fog warning for Teesside as travellers warned of delays

  16-01-2026 06:55 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Fog is expected to become widespread across the North East
  
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• Ruling expected in nurses' transgender changing room tribunal case

  16-01-2026 02:51 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Eight nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital await an employment tribunal ruling on their legal challenge over a transgender colleague's use of female changing facilities
  
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• Whitby Mayor says historic Whale Bone Arch 'should not be removed'

  16-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The future of one of Whitby 's 'most enjoyed landmarks', is facing various issues
  
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• 'Significant improvements' in school attendance in Stockton, children committee hears

  16-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A Stockton Council meeting heard of 'positive trends', including a school which had seen improvements after making 'root and branch changes'
  
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• Plans lodged for new six bed HMO in Hartlepool with internal alterations planned

  16-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Internal alterations would take place to provide the six rooms, which would all have en-suites
  
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• Landlords draw up petition with criticisms of Stockton Council over selective licensing scheme

  16-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Homeowners say they have 'had enough' of the scheme in three areas of Stockton, which they say is leading to evictions
  
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• Dealer who lobbed bag of crack over garden wall avoids jail due to long delay coming to court

  16-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Legal representatives told the judge they had no explanation as to why Ryan Parkes' case took over three years to get to court
  
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• Stretch of Trunk Road reopens following serious collision

  15-01-2026 21:39 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The closure was confirmed by Cleveland Police in a statement issued at 6.38pm and is understood to have reopened earlier this morning
  
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• Stretch of Trunk Road closed in both directions following serious collision

  15-01-2026 21:39 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The closure was confirmed by Cleveland Police in a statement issued at 6.38pm
  
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• Appeal for help in tracing Hartlepool man now missing for five days

  15-01-2026 18:07 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Philip Ryan left his home in Glamis Walk in the Owton Manor area and it is believed he may have been heading towards Hartlepool Marina
  
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• 'Urgent' meeting called on knife crime which has 'flipped Stockton community upside down'

  15-01-2026 16:26 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Eden Hollis lost partner Lloyd Donkin in 2024 after he was stabbed in Stockton
  
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• Saltburn Cliff Lift carriages removed by crane ahead of major upgrade

  15-01-2026 16:10 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The removal comes after more than 15 years of service transporting an estimated 2.5 million passengers
  
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• Robber attacked victim with screws while demanding he hand over drink at town centre landmark

  15-01-2026 15:30 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Winward has been jailed for 21 months for the attack near the Bottle of Notes in Middlesbrough Town Centre
  
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• Simple hospital test detects hundreds of STIs over two-year period

  15-01-2026 15:12 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The screening is now used in the emergency departments at hospitals in Middlesbrough and Stockton
  
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• Dealer rammed police vehicle during chase, then stash fell out when he took trousers off in search

  15-01-2026 14:51 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Zac Rashid, 21, rammed a police car that was chasing him, and had continued offending while on bail
  
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• Sailors beg 'Lord help us' as eerie recordings from North Sea crash played to jury

  15-01-2026 13:32 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Mark Angelo Pernia, a 38‑year‑old Filipino sailor onboard one of the ships, was killed in the inferno
  
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• Stockton Council's 'bigger than ever' major projects and investments plan

  15-01-2026 12:26 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Councillors were told of funding, challenges and opportunities in regeneration programmes, with a capital programme totalling £251m
  
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• 'There should be consequences': Teesside MP's proposal to stop politicians from lying

  15-01-2026 12:23 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough South MP Luke Myer said: 'If politicians deliberately lie to the public, there should be consequences'
  
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• Fishing tragedy as one dead after crew 'go overboard' off North East coast

  15-01-2026 11:03 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A mayday alert was made over the weekend after an entire fishing crew plunged into the waters some 14 miles off the coast of Newbiggin
  
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• Brute left woman 'covered in blood' in horror attack then blamed neighbour leading to murder bid arrest

  15-01-2026 10:55 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Daniel Conroy has been jailed for almost three years after he blamed his neighbour for the attack he subjected his partner to
  
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• 'Proud' independent councillor becomes Middlesbrough's second Reform representative

  15-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough gained its first Reform councillor just last month - now there's another in the shape of Christine Cooper
  
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• 'Problematic personality traits': Why Middlesbrough killer's potential release is concern to government

  15-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A document seen by Teesside Live explains why the Justice Secretary opposes the release of Middlesbrough murderer Reginald Wilson
  
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• Family of Ormesby dad 'Richy' who died in A174 Parkway crash raise thousands for air ambulance

  15-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Richard Bell, known as ‘Richy’, died in a collision in October 2015 :: His family has raised money for the Great North Air Ambulance Service
  
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• Councillor says Middlesbrough Council should not have profile on social media platform X

  15-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cllr David Branson
  
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• Campaigner's 2,900-name petition against housing developments for 'bursting-point' Yarm

  15-01-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Councillor Yvonne Wallace says proposed Yarm housing developments are out of control :: The town has seen seven sets of proposals put forward over the last year, adding up to over 2,000 homes
  
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• Floral tributes left at alleged murder scene in Stockton as police cordon remains in place

  14-01-2026 17:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  David Cuthbert died following an incident at a property in Egglescliffe Close, in Stockton
  
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• Extended opening for Captain Cook Birthplace Museum thanks to national grant funding

  14-01-2026 16:09 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum will stay open until Sunday, January 25 with support from Arts Council England’s Museum Renewal Fund
  
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