Category: Politics

Denise McGuckin stepped down as Hartlepool Borough Council’s retiring chief executive on Friday (April 24), bringing to a close a three-decade journey that began as a recycling officer and culminated in her leading the organisation through some of its most challenging and transformative years. She had served as chief executive since August 2020 after starting…

Is this a money-obsessed global superstar trying to do everything to maximise her revenue, or is this an artist who is genuinely worried that artificial intelligence has the ability to take her unique selling points and copy them? By trademarking her voice singing specific phrases, Ms Swift is attempting to prevent AI from churning out…

The Greens have come under pressure in recent weeks over social media posts made by a number of candidates, including some in Newcastle, ahead of the May 7 elections in which the party is expected to make massive gains from Labour. That has included Philip Brookes, who is standing in the city’s Manor Park ward….

King Charles also brings presentational problems for Donald Trump because of his association through his disgraced brother with Jeffrey Epstein – a scandal that won’t go away despite everyone from the British Prime minister and king to the US president wishing it would. However, for all the risks, for all the downsides in being associated…

The Middlesbrough business, 4thewkend/Infused 2 Go – who work in the same building in an industrial kitchen – were handed the rating, meaning major improvement is necessary, as part of an inspection on March 2, 2026.  The two eateries offer pizzas, pastas, burgers, kebabs, parmos and much more.  A spokesperson said that there had been…

Protium Green Hydrogen Supply Ltd applied for planning permission to build a hydrogen production facility at the Haverton Hill Industrial Estate off Port Clarence Road, Billingham. The developer says it expects “no significant impacts”, but the proposal has met with some objections and “serious reservations” from councillors and residents. Now a community consultation event will…

Nigel Farage’s party has been urged to take action over comments made by Linda McFarlane, a Reform candidate in Gateshead’s Chopwell and Rowlands Gill ward. It comes after Reform expelled another Gateshead candidate, David Prior, when it emerged this week that he was formerly a member of the British National Party (BNP). In a Facebook…

Leaders of Reform and the Conservatives joined the Labour Prime Minister in saying that Britain’s sovereignty of the islands, which are 8,000 miles away, is not in question. LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey even suggested the king’s visit to the US should be pulled in protest. Donald Trump is doing what he does best: he…

The leaflet titled ‘The Home of Addiction’ criticises the Green Party’s stance on legalising Class A drugs and includes several pictures of substances available at various prices above the heading ‘Bargain Buzz’. It reads: ‘Darlington’s Green Party say they want to make Class A drugs easily accessible as alcohol and cigarettes.  ‘Don’t risk it –…

The Prime Minister spent this morning (Thursday, April 23) at the Newcastle United Foundation, amid mounting speculation over his future in the wake of the Peter Mandelson vetting scandal. Jonathan Brash, Labour’s MP in Hartlepool, told GB News that it was “not a case of if, it’s when” Sir Keir will leave Downing Street and…