Stockton-on-Tees news

• Domestic abuse figures 'demonstrate measurable progress' as 'significant improvement' highlighted

  23-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Holding perpetrators to account and supporting them to change their behaviour is part of Stockton's 2022 to 2028 domestic abuse strategy
  
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• Gas leak closes Teesside school as staff state 'safety of pupils is paramount'

  23-09-2026 16:58 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Parents and carers were told at lunchtime that the school would be closed for the remainder of the day
  
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• Middlesbrough’s Charlie Ayre, 20, sets sights on global success at judo Senior World Championships

  23-09-2026 16:29 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The 20-year-old from Marton will make his Senior World Championships debut next month in Baku, Azerbaijan
  
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• Six appear in court after police raids across Redcar and Cleveland

  23-09-2026 16:19 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police made 20 arrests in total on Monday, September 21, and seven have been charged
  
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• Converted North Yorkshire chapel with dining pulpit for sale at £800k

  23-09-2026 15:51 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The former Methodist chapel in Harome is for sale at £800,000, with a raised dining area at the original pulpit, a spiral staircase crafted from pews and a self-contained one-bedroom annexe.
  
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• New 'life-changing' hourly bus service coming to Port Clarence for the first time in over a decade

  23-09-2026 15:29 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The new service, expected to start next week, has been hailed as a breakthrough after years of isolation for the village
  
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• Stockton Council accused of 'literally doing nothing' to meet shortage of over 800 homes

  23-09-2026 14:43 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A barrister for developer Taylor Wimpey has claimed the council showed 'complete disregard' for government policy to get hundreds of homes built
  
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• Shouts of 'love you' in court as Redcar teen admits firearms offence after arrest in wake of A66 crash

  23-09-2026 14:13 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Kai Beattie, 19, from Grangetown, appeared in court over a charge relating to a shooting
  
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• Man denies murdering seven-year-old girl and her aunt in Grangetown house fire

  23-09-2026 13:05 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Jaden Wright has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder at Teesside Crown Court following the deaths of Valentina Foster and Natalie McDonald
  
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• Meet the Grangetown dealers who ran drugs 'shop' from home and the joiner who flogged them

  23-09-2026 13:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Darren Stephenson, 58, was addicted to cannabis at the time; Paula McKay, 57, was using £100 of cocaine a day; while Jack Green, 28, described himself as a 'flat out druggie'
  
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• Seven charged after organised crime police raids across South Bank, Grangetown and Eston

  23-09-2026 12:54 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  More than 130 officers took part in the biggest operation against organised crime to date with six arrests relating to the tragic A66 crash
  
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• Movie director picks Stockton photographer's dramatic lighthouse shot for 'Pressure' Award

  23-09-2026 12:35 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The ‘Pressure’ Award is a standalone accolade given to Stockton photographer Oliver Sherratt
  
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• Teesside youngsters awaiting transplants urge communities to register their decision

  23-09-2026 12:17 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  'Every day, lives are lost with people dying while waiting for an organ transplant, but most of us would accept an organ if we needed one'
  
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• New Martin Lewis advice on lending money to family 'always do one thing'

  23-09-2026 11:12 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Mr Lewis has published a new guide on navigating what can be a tricky situation
  
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• Two arrested after dog walker threatened with machete in Darlington

  23-09-2026 10:11 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Police say two people were arrested and an electric motorbike and machete seized after a dog walker was threatened on Hutton Avenue in Darlington.
  
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• 'Pod' plan for Teesside Tesco store in form of key cutting and shoe repair kiosk

  23-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The unit will be situated outside the Tesco Extra store near Eston underneath its front canopy
  
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• Ombudsman complaints about Stockton Council rise, with slight dip in number of investigations

  23-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman responded to 51 complaints, and investigated and upheld seven, in 2025-6
  
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• Authority hopes to secure Arts Council funds to substantially revamp Saltburn library

  23-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The bid amounts to half-a-million pounds and the outcome will be known next year
  
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• Planning consultant says 600-home Yarm scheme 'should not proceed', inquiry hears

  22-09-2026 18:15 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Mary-Jane O'Neill told the ongoing planning inquiry: 'I don't agree that the benefits are sufficient enough to outweigh the adverse effects'
  
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• 31-year-old arrested after 'head-on' crash between car and van in Hartlepool

  22-09-2026 16:33 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Two men were injured during the collision which closed West View Road, in Hartlepool, for several hours
  
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• Urinating delivery driver has 'paid the price' as Co-op seeks to keep booze licence

  22-09-2026 15:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Permitted hours for alcohol sales at the Middlesbrough branch have already been reduced
  
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• Laundrette 'orders lost' after Billingham fire rips through ironing room then spreads to pizza shop

  22-09-2026 14:29 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  An 'accidental' fire sent flames tearing through the ironing room of Mill Lane Laundrette before spreading to adjoining Uno Pizzeria, says Cleveland Fire Brigade
  
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• Laundrette 'orders lost' after Billingham fire rips through ironing room and next door pizza shop

  22-09-2026 14:29 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  An 'accidental' fire sent flames tearing through the ironing room of Mill Lane Laundrette and adjoining Uno Pizzeria, says Cleveland Fire Brigade
  
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• New multi-sports bar venue open doors under the A66 in Middlesbrough

  22-09-2026 12:47 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Pitch! Sports Bar boasts a 23ft LED screen supported by 27 anti-glare Sony televisions
  
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• Teesside Reuse Shop celebrates first year with more than 27,000 items given second life

  22-09-2026 12:17 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  'To see over 27,000 items and more than 131 tonnes given a second life in just over a year is a fantastic achievement'
  
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• Roads closed for several hours after crash in Hartlepool

  22-09-2026 12:06 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  West View Road, in Hartlepool; and other roads close by, were shut after the collision on Monday night
  
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• Meet 'The Ear Queen': Marton mum and former nurse launches wax removal service

  22-09-2026 12:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough mum Deborah Iley has used her experience to launch her new firm to help people with ear issues that she says 'is nothing to be embarrassed about'
  
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• Travellers told to stop work on North Yorkshire site but 'lorries still coming'

  22-09-2026 11:26 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  'The officers turned up on Saturday and were told where to go, apparently. They've then completely ignored the notice and the lorries are still coming'
  
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• 'Evil' perverted pals with 'vile desires' booked to go abroad to abuse children

  22-09-2026 11:09 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stockton sex offender Kevin Smith, 42, whose mugshot shows him in a Tesco uniform, was arranging to abuse young girls abroad :: His friend Carl Simmons, 51, from Durham, wanted to target underage boys
  
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• 'Evil' perverted pals with 'vile desires' booked flights abroad to abuse children

  22-09-2026 11:09 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stockton sex offender Kevin Smith, 42, whose mugshot shows him in a Tesco uniform, was arranging to abuse young girls abroad :: His friend Carl Simmons, 51, from Durham, wanted to target underage boys
  
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