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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• Unhappiness in one ward as polling stations confirmed for 2027 Middlesbrough local elections

  07-09-2026 19:33 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Dozens of schools are to be used as polling stations in Middlesbrough on election day in eight months time
  
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• Reality of Cleveland Police funding laid bare as letter to Home Secretary calls for £20m extra a year

  07-09-2026 19:18 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Council leaders as well as housing chiefs, the fire brigade, health bosses and Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen have backed the latest call for fairer Government funding
  
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• Taylor Wimpey apology after firm flouts permitted operating hours on new estate build near Redcar

  07-09-2026 19:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The company was issued with a breach of condition notice by Redcar and Cleveland Council
  
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• 'Absurdly nice' North Yorkshire seaside town named 'most unspoilt' in UK

  07-09-2026 18:21 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Telegraph has named 'the sweet, sensible sister of brassy Scarborough' the 'most unspoilt' seaside town in the UK
  
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• Honorary Teessider Jill taking on Great North Run dressed as a giant parmo

  07-09-2026 17:49 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Training in the custom-made foam parmo has been a unique challenge for Muckle LLP business development manager Jill Cull
  
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• Suspect, 32, arrested after man 'armed with knife tried to break into property' in Norton

  07-09-2026 17:13 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police were called to Belle Vue Court, in Norton, on Sunday evening
  
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• One man arrested after 'save our town' protest in Middlesbrough town centre

  07-09-2026 17:03 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  One man was arrested on suspicion of racially aggravated public order
  
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• Grangetown stabbing victim clung to van roof as it drove off in desperate escape

  07-09-2026 15:48 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Charles Hoe, 20, and Michael Flanigan, 30, launched an attack on the man when he came out of a shop :: A white van arrived and the victim clung onto the roof as it drove away
  
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• Cracking Wynyard bridges to be demolished as they 'no longer serve any functional purpose'

  07-09-2026 15:12 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Stockton Council says the two bridges across the Castle Eden Walkway are at risk of collapse, prompting public safety concerns
  
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• Tory leader and Education Secretary clash as school closures for A66 crash funerals branded 'obscene'

  07-09-2026 14:49 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Education Secretary Lucy Powell said she trusted headteachers to make decisions
  
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• Tragic hot tub deaths of couple assessed by expert as 'very strange'

  07-09-2026 14:18 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Patrick Tobin and Thomasina Tobin were found dead in a hot tub at a luxury Spanish villa
  
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• Three-month-old baby dies during family camping trip in Staffordshire as police arrest four

  07-09-2026 14:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Police say the death is being treated as an isolated incident
  
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• Brave members of public pushed man from bank after he held cloth-covered banana at cashier

  07-09-2026 13:55 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The 51-year-old defendant had a 'long history of mental illness' :: Judge Jonathan Carroll described it as an 'exceptional and unusual case'
  
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• Tour of Britain disrupted as truck strikes historic North Yorkshire bridge

  07-09-2026 13:26 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Grade II-listed Bridge was struck by a heavy goods vehicle forcing a route change for the Tour of Britain cycling race
  
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• Beloved terminally ill headteacher unveils 'special legacy' of £100,000 play park

  07-09-2026 13:06 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  MND sufferer Claire Park, the former head of Hartburn Primary School, in Stockton, has seen her vision become a reality
  
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• Grassroots football club changes name in lasting legacy to PC Matthew Blades

  07-09-2026 12:30 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  FC Hartlepool's U10 Reds team has paid tribute to the officer with a name change :: 'Some things in football mean far more than the result'
  
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• Park End early-morning stabbing leaves man in hospital with head and leg injuries

  07-09-2026 12:19 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Witnesses say armed officers were in attendance at the scene on Holdenby Drive in Park End
  
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• Four schools to close early due to A66 crash-linked funeral as potential travel disruption flagged

  07-09-2026 10:53 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Cleveland Police has listed four streets that are likely to be affected by some travel disruption on Monday, September 7
  
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• Crying teenager, 15, sent home from Teesside school over £16 Asda skirt

  07-09-2026 04:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Amelia, 15, was sent home from Thornaby Academy in Thornaby, Teesside, on her first day back after her uniform was deemed unacceptable under the school's skirt policy
  
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• Tennis club describes floodlight plans as 'modest enhancement' allowing all-year round play

  07-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Saltburn Tennis Club's proposal would double the number of courts covered by lighting
  
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• NHS staff are told they are not expected to continue treating 'persistently racist' patients

  07-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  An NHS board meeting heard how positive action was being taken, including body-worn cameras in James Cook A&E
  
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• Middlesbrough barbers among eight firms in North East fined for employing illegal workers

  07-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  A barbers in Middlesbrough has received a £40,000 fine by the Government
  
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• Heartbeat star says it's 'like Gina's gone back home' as she becomes co-owner of iconic Goathland pub

  06-09-2026 15:23 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Former Heartbeat actress Tricia Penrose, who played Gina Ward on the beloved ITV drama, has become a co-owner of the Goathland Hotel in Whitby
  
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• From Cheltenham Avenue to Greatham Close: Roadworks happening in Middlesbrough this week

  06-09-2026 15:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  This week’s roundup of roadworks either getting underway or already ongoing (September 7-13), including Marton Road
  
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• 50 brilliant 2015 night out pictures from venues in Middlesbrough and Stockton

  06-09-2026 15:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  This week's nostalgic gallery features a selection from a popular Middlesbrough town centre pub, as well as the usual regualrs
  
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• New roads policing team to crackdown on illegal plates including those used by organised crime gangs

  06-09-2026 14:40 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The Government is funding a new National Roads Policing Coordination Centre to step up enforcement on illegal number plates across England
  
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• Naan-stop recognition for family-run Indian takeaway in Linthorpe

  06-09-2026 13:05 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Balti Hut, on Roman Road, has added yet more certificates to its list in 2026
  
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• Teesside woman who won £115million on lottery has given half of it away

  06-09-2026 12:31 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Frances Connolly said it is human nature to help others
  
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• Yarm campaigner Yvonne Wallace on housing appeal: 'I'll take this as far as I have to'

  06-09-2026 12:16 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The town councillor told how she wanted to speak for the town's residents, saying: 'We're very, very worried'
  
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