Stockton-on-Tees news

• Channel 5 viewers issue same complaint after The Fortune kidnap twist as killer 'exposed'

  09-06-2026 23:42 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Channel 5 drama The Fortune has gripped viewers, but some fans were left frustrated by the latest episode.
  
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• 'No existing funding or staff' to manage East Cleveland selective licensing scheme

  09-06-2026 17:47 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A scheme charging landlords of rental properties a fee would have to be self-funding, a council cabinet report said
  
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• Taxi licences were revoked after arrests for rape, sexual assault, firearms and drugs, says report

  09-06-2026 17:35 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A report to Stockton Council's licensing department showed a list of 26 decisions and action taken last year
  
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• Meet the Teesside couples who opened Middlesbrough tattoo shop already 'etched with success'

  09-06-2026 17:31 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Paul Watson, wife Danyell, Geoff Wharton and partner Abi Flanagan opened Iron Hills Tattoo Co in Middlesbrough
  
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• 'Legendary' Tornado to return to North Yorkshire Moors Railway for limited dates

  09-06-2026 17:29 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  North Yorkshire Moors Railway
  
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• James Cook University Hospital leaders in minimally invasive heart surgery and enhanced recovery

  09-06-2026 16:10 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The achievement cements the hospital’s status as the regional heart specialist site
  
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• Smiling dealer caught fleeing in Norton told officer ‘there’s a load of gear in the house mate’

  09-06-2026 14:37 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Steven McDowell and Alby Hunt have appeared at Teesside Crown Court to be sentenced for drug offences
  
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• Grandad 'Big Bri' died after suffering cardiac arrest following incident outside Port Clarence home

  09-06-2026 14:24 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  An inquest has opened into the death of Brian Gately following an incident in Port Clarence :: Two men have been charged with manslaughter
  
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• Nursery teachers in two areas of Teesside can start applying for £4,500 bonuses

  09-06-2026 13:19 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The incentive scheme is open to teachers holding qualified teacher status, early years teacher status or early years professional status
  
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• Toddler bitten by 'German Shepherd' in 'extremely distressing' dog attack on Thornaby street

  09-06-2026 12:54 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of having a dog dangerously out of control, causing injury
  
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• Cannabis found in home where dad is accused of murdering baby son, trial hears

  09-06-2026 12:37 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Bradley Thomas denies 'violently shaking' his son, and says Emmerson Thomas 'fell off his lap'
  
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• Metrocentre listed for sale with familiar North East name tipped to make £500m bid

  09-06-2026 10:47 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  North-east news: The Metrocentre in Gateshead has been put on the market
  
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• 'I died for 14 minutes after touching cable carrying 11,000 volts'

  09-06-2026 07:54 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Darren was left in a coma for 29 days and suffered serious burns across half his body
  
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• Plans submitted to turn land beside A1(M) in North Yorkshire into dog exercise field

  09-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The site would operate on a pre-booked basis, allowing dog owners to exercise their pets in a safe, enclosed environment
  
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• 'Older generations of Yarm must be absolutely fed up': Verdict as 400 homes proposed

  09-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Miller Homes has not yet submitted the full planning application, but has asked Stockton Council for its opinion on an environmental impact assessment which will accompany the proposed Yarm housing development
  
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• New plans for up to 260 homes under consideration over two years after earlier proposals' rejection

  09-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Previous plans for 265 homes were refused by Stockton Council's planning committee in September 2024
  
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• Micro energy storage facility to go ahead as Middlesbrough Council overruled

  09-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough Council officers refused the application last autumn, on account of the impact that it would have on the character and appearance of the area
  
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• Dramatic accident in North Yorkshire village prompts calls for speed limit reduction

  09-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  One resident said: 'Many local residents have long feared that an accident of this nature was inevitable'
  
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