Stockton-on-Tees news

• 'Swift and robust' action taken to remove illegal traveller camps in Middlesbrough

  10-08-2026 16:45 via gazettelive.co.uk
  Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke said: “Our parks and open spaces are there for the public to use and enjoy, and encampments of this nature won’t be tolerated'
  
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• Rapist caged for attacking woman after Christmas night out in Middlesbrough

  08-09-2026 14:52 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Clark, 57, has been jailed for four years and three months
  
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• Former Middlesbrough Debenhams store returns to property market for offers over £1.75m

  08-09-2026 14:17 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The former Debenhams building was due to go under the hammer at the end of last year with a guide price of £350,000 after previously being sold for £650,000
  
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• Scarborough Open Air Theatre announces 2027 dates for beloved singer-songwriters

  08-09-2026 13:14 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Jack Savoretti and James Morrison will perform together at Scarborough Open Air Theatre on July 9, 2027
  
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• Members of public tried to save girl and aunt from Grangetown house fire, inquest hears

  08-09-2026 12:28 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Valentina Foster, 7, and Natalie McDonald, 34, died in a house fire in Grangetown
  
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• Councillors asked to condemn 'degrading' AI-generated imagery amid 'inappropriate' depictions

  08-09-2026 11:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  An expectation is laid out in the motion that those serving in public life should be able to do so without being subjected to manipulated imagery intended to humiliate, denigrate or undermine them
  
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• Elderly woman waits over four hours for ambulance after fall on North East street

  08-09-2026 09:49 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Kathleen Bryson, 80, fell outside her home at around 11.20am and waited over four hours for an ambulance to arrive
  
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• Plans for pub and 18-bed hotel at Wynyard Park office building

  08-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Wynyard Park Ltd has asked for planning permission to change offices to a pub on the ground floor and a hotel on the first floor
  
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• Paedophile who 'sought to blame' sexual abuse of child on his drug-taking is caged for 10 years

  08-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Robert Ashcroft did not admit what he had done until after his victim had gone through the ordeal of giving evidence
  
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• Middlesbrough councillors to debate regulation of ‘unreasonable’ estate management companies

  08-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The discussion will take place at a full meeting of Middlesbrough Council on Wednesday, September 9
  
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• 'Important milestone' as specialist Middlesbrough school joins mainstream education trust

  08-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Beverley School, which serves children requiring autism-focused education, is the first specialist school to join The Legacy Learning Trust
  
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• Controversial campervan parking ban expanded to popular areas on North Yorkshire coast

  08-09-2026 01:01 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  The expansion of the overnight ban on motorhome parking comes following a 'displacement of problems'
  
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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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