Category: Politics

Unlike neighbouring council’s, this year’s local election in North Tyneside only has 20 seats up for grabs this time round, having already had its ‘all-out’ election in 2024. The current make up of the council consists of 50 Labour councillors, eight Conservative councillors, one Independent councillor, and one Reform councillor. Applications to register to vote must…

Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald and Stockton MP Matt Vickers told of their concerns as they reacted to the news that as many as 600 NHS workers could lose their jobs. Meanwhile, Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash spoke of “ambitious, forward-looking plans taking shape” for the University Hospital of Hartlepool. A spokesperson for the University Hospitals Tees…

In a speech to members at the Rainton Arena in Sunderland, the Clacton MP said the May 7 polls were a “referendum on our entire political class”. The Reform UK leader said the party would campaign on “local policies” and on seeking to control council tax levels, but that the local elections would also be…

Cllr Ken Robson says he will always talk up the town in spite of tales of gangs of teenagers, motorbike-riding youngsters wearing balaclavas and abusive youths throwing “mud” in stores on an evening. According to shop owners, windows have been put out with rocks, leaving shoppers and residents feeling “frightened” to come in after dark….

Cllr Ken Robson says he will always talk up the town in spite of tales of gangs of teenagers, motorbike-riding youngsters wearing balaclavas and abusive youths throwing “mud” in stores on an evening. According to shop owners, windows have been put out with rocks, leaving shoppers and residents feeling “frightened” to come in after dark….

Journalists do not become journalists to prepare for court hearings. They join newsrooms, submit FOI requests, ask questions, report from council hearings and courts and speak to as many people as they can because they have a story to tell. They also know that local communities do better when there is more information in the…

Sam Rushworth said it was “easier” for business owners to point fingers than ask where they went wrong. The rebuke follows comments by Jim Aird, whose bespoke leathers firm in Barnard Castle was wound down on March 26. The company was officially wound down on 26 March. (Image: NQ) Mr Aird, a former British champion…

Mary Kelly Foy, Labour MP for Durham, raised concerns in Parliament during a debate on the Government’s wide-ranging Crime and Policing Bill on Tuesday. The legislation includes changes affecting anti-social behaviour, theft, pornography, and protest laws. Ms Foy said: “It would be naive not to ask how a future hard-right government might use a power…

Matt Vickers pointed to employment being the key on lifting children out of poverty, after new figures released by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) on Thursday (March 26) showed millions across the country are living on the breadline. In the North East, areas with the highest levels of deprivation include Middlesbrough and Hartlepool,…

Lidl hopes that councillors on Middlesbrough Council’s planning committee will give their proposals the green light next week, as the saga over a potential shop in Linthorpe rumbles on into its fifth year. Thursday, April 9 will be judgement day, as councillors will have a moment of deja vu. In November 2023, members rejected Lidl’s…