Category: Politics

Conservative Mayor Ben Houchen gave his view to Tees Valley residents during ‘Mayor’s Question Time’, held in Darlington on Wednesday, March 18, to which approximately 20 members of the public attended. He said that he had told the team at TVCA a long time ago that there were “lots” of things that the organisation needed…

A different interpretation would say he has calculated from the start that the US doesn’t need the Strait open. In other words, America and Israel can poke the hornets’ nest with a stick and it’s then up to others to swat the angry hornets that emerge. Thus, we are all to be co-opted into a…

Councillors voted to call for urgent police and fire service funding reform, and all seemed to agree on the need for change. Yet despite calls for a “united front” and “one voice”, the council chamber was divided in a hour-long debate where council members argued over who was responsible for the financial mess. Both Labour…

In total, 637 votes were counted, of which over two thirds were postal votes. In a ward where more than 6,000 people had the opportunity to vote, only 205 attended a polling station on the day. Two ballot papers were rejected, with 134 residents voting against the proposal and the remaining 501 agreeing to the…

A town centre cycleway, roads, school extensions, ground maintenance and insurance were among the wide-ranging, high-value contracts approved for the next year by Stockton Council’s cabinet. The council’s report says the spending in the contracts is in its financial plans, budget or capital programme, or will have bids for funding outside the council. Deputy council…

More than 100 children, including 13 primary pupils, were permanently excluded from Stockton schools in 2024-5, says a Stockton Council school performance report. And 13,807 days – about 73 academic school years – were lost to suspension, mostly due to disruptive behaviour. “Persistent disruptive behaviour” was the most frequent reason in 103 exclusions of secondary-age…

A new funding bid from North Yorkshire Council aims to repurpose the historic Grade II* Listed Old Town Hall in Whitby and bring it back into community use as a “vibrant heritage venue”. ​The council is seeking £55,000 from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and funding of £70,000 will be sought from the…

The member of staff, employed by Redcar and Cleveland Council and working in one of the borough’s schools, suffered a “major injury” when they were struck by the football, fracturing their wrist. A report for a council scrutiny committee also said between April 2025 and February this year there had been a further 12 reportable…

The member of staff, employed by Redcar and Cleveland Council and working in one of the borough’s schools, suffered a “major injury” when they were struck by the football, fracturing their wrist. A report for a council scrutiny committee also said between April 2025 and February this year there had been a further 12 reportable…

The member of staff, employed by Redcar and Cleveland Council and working in one of the borough’s schools, suffered a “major injury” when they were struck by the football, fracturing their wrist. A report for a council scrutiny committee also said between April 2025 and February this year there had been a further 12 reportable…