Stockton-on-Tees news

• Potential £8.7m Middlesbrough Council overspend forecast expected to reduce in coming months

  04-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Middlesbrough Council Exec member for finance, Nicky Walker, said: 'There remains an ongoing need for strong financial discipline'
  
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• LIVE: A1(M) set to be shut for 5 hours as air ambulance lands at collision scene

  04-09-2026 15:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Emergency services are in attendance at the scene of a collision on the A1(M) between Darlington and Burshaw
  
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• Fundraiser set to climb equivalent height of Mount Everest in memory of mum

  04-09-2026 14:30 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Dean Smith is taking on the challenge at Roseberry Topping in memory of mum Denise who died from blood cancer in 2022
  
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• Middlesbrough pervert tried to incite child into sexual activity

  04-09-2026 13:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Anthony Hancock has been jailed for more than five years
  
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• NHS boss pays tribute to emergency workers' efforts in 'exceptionally challenging and tragic events'

  04-09-2026 13:22 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stacey Hunter, chief executive of the University Hospitals Tees group, said community teams had been apprehensive at a time of unrest
  
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• Home Secretary doubles down on police reorganisation but PCC voices scepticism

  04-09-2026 13:22 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Shabana Mahmood linked recent incidents in the Cleveland force area to a need for police reorganisation
  
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• Education Secretary trusts headteachers as more school closures announced ahead of A66 crash funerals

  04-09-2026 12:37 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Education Secretary Lucy Powell has said she trusted headteachers to 'make judgments that they need to make to keep their school community safe'
  
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• Cleveland Police release statement ahead of funeral of man who died in A66 crash

  04-09-2026 11:36 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Crowds, motorbikes and quad bikes are expected to congregate for the funeral in South Bank
  
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• Hartlepool murderer Maria Pearson back behind bars just weeks after release

  04-09-2026 10:37 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Maria Pearson, who was Britain's longest serving female inmate, was recalled to prison after breaching a condition of her licence
  
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• Friend's fundraiser to support family of seven-year-old who died in Grangetown house fire

  04-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Valentina Foster and Natalie McDonald lost their lives in a house fire in Birchington Avenue, in Grangetown :: More than £3,000 has been raised to support Valentina's family
  
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• Dog owner in court after pet bit postal worker's fingertip off as it came through letterbox

  04-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Alaskan Malamute bit the postal worker's finger as it came through the letterbox
  
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• Church's retrospective planning bid for use of former Co-op building in Loftus

  04-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Hope Church said it operated a grocery from the premises which had between 70 and 100 visits a day
  
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• Billingham homes decision to go to public inquiry as developer appeals rejection

  04-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  TCC Land is appealing against Stockton Council's refusal of its proposal for up to 179 homes and a community building near Sandy Lane West, Billingham
  
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• 'Up to 600 officers come to help' in Cleveland force area as £2m funding slammed as ‘insulting’

  03-09-2026 18:10 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The figure of officers drafted in from other parts of the country is a significant increase on previous reports
  
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• One of men who died in A66 tragedy reportedly had links to organised crime gang

  03-09-2026 16:20 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Michael Cahill is reported to have had links to an organised crime gang based in County Durham
  
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• Council provides full list of schools closing before funeral of man who died in A66 crash

  03-09-2026 16:19 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Some SEND children at other schools who live in the South Bank area can also be collected early, said the council
  
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• Grangetown school celebrates second platinum award in a row for play provision

  03-09-2026 15:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Grangetown Primary School has once again received the OPAL Platinum Award - the highest level of recognition given by the Outdoor Play and Learning programme
  
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• Funeral details shared of four occupants of Passat which hit police car on A66

  03-09-2026 15:42 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The funerals of Cole Worthy, Theo Rae, Jacob Matusiak and Makai Saddington are set to take place over the coming days
  
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• Emotional tribute to 'bright and bubbly' Natalie McDonald after alleged murder in Grangetown fire

  03-09-2026 14:52 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Natalie McDonald has been described as 'bright, bubbly and full of life, the heart and soul of our street and community, loved by all'
  
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• Maxi's Mates rescue centre in appeal for help for dogs that require extra care

  03-09-2026 13:32 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Maxi's Mates has so many dogs coming into their care who need extra help, and they’re 'really struggling under the pressure'
  
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• Four schools to close early for funeral of A66 Passat occupant as 'large numbers' of mourners expected

  03-09-2026 13:03 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The funeral is for Jakub Matusiak who was one of five killed in a Volkswagen Passat which hit a marked police car near South Bank
  
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• Man charged with murders following Grangetown house fire appears at crown court

  03-09-2026 12:57 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Jaden Wright has appeared at Teesside Crown Court, with a trial date set for April next year
  
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• Petition urges government to give £1.2m more funding to Cleveland Fire Brigade: 'Enough is enough'

  03-09-2026 11:25 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The change.org petition has gathered more than 2,200 signatures as fire brigade and authority leaders launch a public consultation
  
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• Middlesbrough town cente bar's licence suspended for one month with further conditions added

  03-09-2026 10:51 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The decision was confirmed on August 20, which serves as the start date of the month suspension
  
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• Doncaster lorry driver caught with 17kg of cannabis in suitcase at Newcastle Airport

  03-09-2026 10:02 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Barry Hunt was coming through Newcastle International Airport when he was stopped by an immigration officer and asked questions about his hold bag after returning from a holiday in Thailand
  
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• Paedophile Redcar teaching assistant found with 'worst ever' child abuse images officer had seen

  03-09-2026 01:22 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Sam Anderson, 30, had accumulated a hoard of sickening indecent images which a police officer said were the 'worst' they'd ever seen
  
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• 'Serene' woodland preschool by Great Ayton stream is rated 'strong standard' by Ofsted

  03-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Little Bears Preschool in Ingleby Greenhow, Great Ayton, was recently visited by Ofsted
  
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• BT 'street hub' proposals in Redcar and Eston refused planning permission by council

  03-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  There were concerns about potential crime impacts and their appearance
  
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• Body found in search for missing 33-year-old last seen in Middlesbrough

  02-09-2026 18:55 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Officers have located a body in the search for Liam Loughlin who was last seen in Marton Road on the Bank Holiday weekend
  
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• Boys in court after dad-of-seven left with life-changing injuries after Thornaby illegal bike crash

  02-09-2026 18:23 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The officer on the case says they are 'disappointed with today's sentence' after both boys received youth offending team referrals
  
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