Councillor Laura Tunney’s resignation has prompted the by-election for the ward, which will take place on Thursday, December 11. Nominations for candidates must be in by 4pm on Friday, November 14. Applications to register to vote must be made by midnight on Tuesday, November 25 and can be made on the government’s website, with more…

Councillor Laura Tunney’s resignation has prompted the by-election for the ward, which will take place on Thursday, December 11. Nominations for candidates must be in by 4pm on Friday, November 14. Applications to register to vote must be made by midnight on Tuesday, November 25 and can be made on the government’s website, with more…

The entirety of the Middlebrough Council ward and surrounding area finds itself in the top 10 per cent of most deprived neighbourhoods across the country – which means it is classified as “highly deprived”. Yet, amidst all the problems that the area faces, there are rays of positivity and work occurring in the community that…

Cllr Tony Riordan, the leader of Stockton’s Conservative group who sits on Stockton Council’s planning committee, expressed worries about the report giving figures which could affect future planning applications. He said: “I have a great number of concerns about the way the report has been assembled with parts where it doesn’t make sense at all….

Data, released by the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday (November 11), reveals 91 inmates were accidentally released between April 1 and October 31. It comes just weeks after reports a prisoner from HMP Durham was one of five mistakenly released in the UK in the space of seven days.  Durham MP Mary Kelly Foy previously…