Stockton-on-Tees news

• 'Date rape drugs' found in raid on Middlesbrough address as 38-year-old man arrested

  17-06-2026 17:40 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The man was one of 14 arrested as part of Cleveland Police's Operation Artemis - with others detained after drugs and weapons were found
  
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• Visitors flock to the play areas and amphitheatre of Stockton's newly opened Waterfront Urban Park

  20-06-2026 17:36 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The new attraction opened to the public with events to mark Armed Forces Day :: One happy visitor said: 'It feels like you're on holiday'
  
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• Mum and daughter supporting 'Forget-me-knot' appeal in memory to Boro-loving Biff

  20-06-2026 16:12 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Teesside Hospice event will see a beautiful installation created at Kirk Walled Gardens
  
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• 30 wonderful nostalgic photos of Teesside school proms from 2000s

  20-06-2026 16:04 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Take a look through more of our prom snaps from the 2000s from schools across Teesside
  
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• Shocking footage shows flames rip through Middlesbrough takeaway as fire crews arrive

  20-06-2026 15:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services were called to Linthorpe Road on Saturday morning, June 20, at around 10.45am
  
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• A19 crash RECAP: Long delays after Mercedes collided with central reservation

  20-06-2026 14:38 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Long tailbacks are reported on the A19 northbound
  
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• Linthorpe Road blaze LIVE: Eight engines at 'serious fire' in busy Middlesbrough street

  20-06-2026 14:14 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are at the scene of a fire, believed to be at a shop, in Linthorpe Road
  
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• A19 crash LIVE: Huge tailbacks after Mercedes collided with central reservation

  20-06-2026 14:11 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Long tailbacks are reported on the A19 northbound
  
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• A19 crash LIVE: Huge tailbacks on northbound carriageway after collision before A689 turn-off

  20-06-2026 13:10 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Long tailbacks are reported on the A19 northbound
  
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• Linthorpe Road blaze LIVE: Seven engines at 'serious fire' in busy Middlesbrough street

  20-06-2026 12:36 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are at the scene of a fire, believed to be at a shop, in Linthorpe Road
  
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• Poetry, play and big plans for the 'next wave of regeneration' in Stockton Waterfront Urban Park

  20-06-2026 11:53 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Leaders, a world-renowned artist, poetry expert and schoolchildren spoke of the new attraction linking Stockton High Street and the Tees
  
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• 'Modern coastal style' property with great views to replace 'eyesore' former chalet

  20-06-2026 11:25 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The new development, on Saltburn Bank, was recently given planning permission by Redcar and Cleveland Council
  
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• Redcar man found in field after release from prison died from drug toxicity, inquest hears

  20-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Jordan Everington died in November 2025 after being found face down and not breathing in a field
  
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• Modern Whitby cafe could part-convert into hotel accommodation if plans are approved

  20-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Hopes and Beans in Whitby has applied to turn existing holiday let apartments into five hotel rooms as part of a plan to refurbish its town centre site
  
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• Indian takeaway in Middlesbrough hit with one-star hygiene rating

  20-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Five Pulaos by Uday received the rating after a visit from food safety inspectors in March
  
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• Finn Forster releases poignant video to single 'Strangers' as he heads out on summer festival tour

  20-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Middlesbrough singer songwriter self-directed the music video, which was first played on BBC Radio 1
  
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• Coked-up banned van driver smashed into police car after stinger used on A66

  20-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Mozafar Shan was described as 'very, very incapacitated' after taking cocaine when he got behind the wheel
  
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• 96 golf club solar panels and digital advertising board in Middlesbrough Council planning roundup

  20-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Submissions in the past week include a new digital advert board and work at Middlesbrough’s ‘Environment City’
  
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• Drug addicts targeted couple in Middlesbrough with one woman slashing victim with broken glass

  19-06-2026 18:50 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Robbers Carl Sowerby, Kieran Foley, Sarah Chedzey and Robyn Birkbeck have all been locked up for the attack on Longlands Road in August last year
  
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• Man, 30, arrested after teen approached in Hartlepool while waiting for school bus

  19-06-2026 18:14 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The 14-year-old fled to safety away from the stranger and called her mother
  
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• Thornaby bus driver Carole Grace has notched up 40 years with Stagecoach

  19-06-2026 17:33 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  At the age of 70, Carole Grace still loves to get behind the wheel
  
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• Council takes court action in bid to evict travellers from Redcar park

  19-06-2026 16:58 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The travellers set up camp without warning at Redcar's Locke Park
  
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• Guisborough veteran fought for his life but was 'failed by system', his family say

  19-06-2026 16:17 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  INQUEST: Samuel Morgan was 36 when he took his own life after years of battling military-related PTSD and seeking help from the NHS and charities
  
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• Redundancies proposed at drug and alcohol service as over 40 staff write letter expressing concern

  19-06-2026 13:08 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Change Grow Live has proposed to cut seven recovery workers and one prescribing clinician, prompting the letter signed by 43 staff members
  
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• Stockton to mark Armed Forces Day this weekend with packed programme of events and exhibitions

  19-06-2026 10:27 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A Battle of Britain memorial flight features in the celebrations on Saturday, June 21
  
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• Sneak peek of £23m Stockton Waterfront Park that's '3 times size of Trafalgar Square' before opening

  19-06-2026 08:55 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The stunning attraction which opens Stockton High Street to the River Tees is to open to the public on Saturday with Armed Forces Day celebrations :: It's been described by one youngster as the 'best park ever'
  
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• Objections lodged over further changes to Hartlepool Marina housing development

  19-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  An application has been submitted by Jomast to Hartlepool Development Corporation to vary a previously approved scheme
  
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• New Saltburn housing development approved at second time of asking

  19-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Further assurances had been sought by councillors over the plans submitted by Keepmoat Homes
  
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• Former Hartlepool shop-to-restaurant-and-takeaway bid blocked due to 'obesity' concerns

  19-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The plan was kicked out after concerns from public health and residents
  
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• Councillor's worry after TVCA cancels £21m adult education tender process to 'allow for review'

  19-06-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Tees Valley Combined Authority said there has been a 'material change in circumstances'
  
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