Stockton-on-Tees news

• Middlesbrough conman jailed for fleecing elderly widow over non-existent loft work

  11-12-2025 11:36 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Patrick William John White, 26, from Middlesbrough took £1,500 from the 84-year-old woman
  
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• Ex officer who brought police dogs to North Yorkshire 60 years ago goes emotional full circle

  13-12-2025 13:08 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  91-year-old Alan Smith served with North Yorkshire Police and York City from 1955 to 1982 and was one of two officers to set up the patch's first dog handling unit
  
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• GALLERY: Magical snaps of families enjoying 2025's Santa On Wheels event in Stockton

  13-12-2025 12:10 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The second leg of the festive tour with the 'big man' visiting streets across Stockton-on-Tees took place on Friday night
  
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• Concerns for missing teenagers last seen in Normanby area of Middlesbrough

  13-12-2025 10:19 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Abdirezak Mahamed Farah, known as Zak, and Abdirahman Mahammed Abdi, known as Abdi, have been missing since Monday
  
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• Santa on Wheels 2025: Timings and locations for third night of Stockton open top bus tour

  13-12-2025 03:19 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Santa on Wheels bus tour is running until Sunday, December 14
  
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• 'Pinch me moment' for Stockton dress designer as she opens embroidery studio to public

  13-12-2025 01:27 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Beth Wilson Embroidery’s award-winning designs were on show at her Stockton studio last week
  
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• Young Teesside runner sets new British record for 60m sprint and is signed by Nike

  13-12-2025 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Celine Obinna-Alo is coached by Olympic medalist Richard Kilty
  
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• Rioting milkman lobs brick through takeaway door and missile at police during far-right fracas

  13-12-2025 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Carl Sharp became involved in widespread disorder in Middlesbrough
  
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• Great Ayton's Margaret has spent 49 years fundraising for cancer research after losing her dad

  13-12-2025 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Margaret Stevens, chair of the Great Ayton Cancer Research volunteer group, has dedicated decades to helping raise funds to fight the disease which touches so many people
  
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• Flu leaves Middlesbrough woman needing double lung transplant

  13-12-2025 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  As flu rates rise this winter, Teessider Claire Davies believes she would have died if she had not received a flu vaccine
  
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• CCTV: Drink driver's head on crash with Eston dad's car as he went for fish and chips

  13-12-2025 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Wayne Raynor was going to buy food when Tracey Mackey's Citroen car ploughed into his brand new Kia :: Watch footage of moment of collision
  
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• Council chiefs will not 'speculate' on possibility of job cuts in face of £11.5m budget gap

  12-12-2025 20:39 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A Stockton Council cabinet meeting was told the Labour-led authority needs to 'pull together to get through this'
  
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• North East gang caged for total of 39 years for rape and abuse of girls

  12-12-2025 20:22 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Codrin Dura, Leonard Paun, Bogdan Gugiuman, Klaudio Aleksiu, and Stefan Ciuraru were convicted of the sexual exploitation of six girls
  
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• ‘Gutted’ vs ‘grateful’: Reaction as Eton Star Teesside unceremoniously scrapped

  12-12-2025 19:26 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The government decision has had varied reactions from Middlesbrough politicians :: It comes more than a year after plans for Eton Star Teesside were paused
  
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• TWO anti-yob orders slapped on Thornaby and Hardwick after missiles hurled at buses and fire engines

  12-12-2025 17:16 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The orders have been placed on Thornaby and Hardwick and bans anyone from the areas who are suspected of being up to no good
  
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• It's official but 'not a U-turn': First hour free parking for Stockton and Yarm centres restored

  12-12-2025 15:39 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stockton Council leader Councillor Lisa Evans said at a cabinet meeting: 'This leadership is not afraid to change our minds and listen to people'
  
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• Duo jailed as plot to defraud Teesside pensioners thwarted by police

  12-12-2025 15:06 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Ibrahim Mahmood and Mohammad Butt were apprehended with officers from North East Regional Organised Crime Unit working with Cleveland Police and the Metropolitan Police
  
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• Horrific discovery as 'human skeletal remains' found in Yorkshire tent with police guarding scene

  12-12-2025 14:38 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Police have offered "reassurance" to the public after the shocking find in an alleyway in Hull
  
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• Stockton could turn into 'open house' for developers to build where they like, councillors warn

  12-12-2025 13:50 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stockton Council estimates it does not have five years' worth of housing, which could have serious ramifications for planning decisions
  
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• Quad bike crashes into wall in Billingham as police appeal to find injured male

  12-12-2025 13:32 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Police received a report that a “farm quad bike” had collided with a wall on Malvern Road, Billingham
  
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• Candidate elected in Eaglescliffe West ward - Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

  12-12-2025 12:54
  Candidate elected in Eaglescliffe West ward  Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
  
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• Conservatives rejoice as they hold Eaglescliffe West seat in by-election victory as Labour come last

  12-12-2025 12:30 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stephen Dodds won with 61% of the vote while Reform UK came second and Labour were beaten into last place
  
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• 28 brilliant festive images show Santa on Wheels as journey across Stockton begins

  12-12-2025 12:12 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of happy faces waved to Father Christmas on his open top bus
  
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• A1(M) closed for seven hours after woman found seriously injured in road

  12-12-2025 11:37 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The A1(M) was shut northbound between junctions 40 and 41 after police received calls of concern for a woman's safety at around 12.30am on Friday, December 12
  
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• NHS guidance on symptoms that mean you should stop taking statins

  12-12-2025 10:40 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  NHS guidance urges people taking statins to be aware of serious side effects that require stopping the medication and seeking urgent medical attention, including symptoms requiring 111 calls or emergency care.
  
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• Reform celebrate Darlington by-election victory after being elected onto council for first time

  12-12-2025 09:34 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Walker came first in the Red Hall and Lingfield poll
  
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• Live: A1(M) closed in West Yorkshire for 'serious' police-led incident in early hours

  12-12-2025 03:06 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Responders from Yorkshire Ambulance are on the scene
  
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• Village Christmas tree chopped down hours after switch-on in 'disgusting act'

  12-12-2025 01:37 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Police say they are taking the incident extremely seriously
  
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• Santa on Wheels 2025: Timings and locations for second night of Stockton open top bus tour

  12-12-2025 01:13 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Santa on Wheels bus tour is running until Sunday, December 14
  
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