A Stockton Council motion on grooming gangs has sparked backlash, with Tory ads and complaints against MP Matt Vickers

Social media outrage erupts in Stockton as calls for a national inquiry into grooming gangs escalate, leading to verbal attacks...

Work has begun on the Skerningham development near Darlington, raising concerns over environmental damage to protected wildlife and habitats

Teesworks Ltd paid £20.25mn in dividends despite profits plunging, with private owners reaping millions after a £500mn public-funded cleanup

The changes made to improve Middlesbrough Council have been recognised by government

One Middlesbrough councillor speaks about Black on white violence, frustration at illegal immigration, two tier policing and media, and protestors...

As with the STDC Audit and Governance Committee meeting the following day, the draft response was voted through

Is it possible that the extreme right" is more organised than it admits?  Here's a round-up of the usual suspects...

Stockton councillor resigns after posting anti-Islam comments on Facebook

"Heroes don't always wear capes...they show love to others, and know how to use a brush and bin bag."

"Is that not why a full statutory audit is required: so that the government convince themselves that Teessiders are getting...

Along the shoreline from Hartlepool down to Redcar's South Gare, gangs of shellfish  pickers scavenge the sands at low tide...

Analysis of Tees Valley election results

Record shop Regent Records opens for business on Saturday 13 July.

What needs to be done to rebuild the economy on Teesside?

Simon Clarke's post about backing from a 'Reform candidate' creates waves

Thornaby Football Club's committee voted by six to two to close its women's and girls' football teams.

Why did Ben Houchen refuse the plan for the Live Well Centre?

Jacob Young MP has been contacting residents outside of his constituency to ask for their vote

Ben Houchen and Steve Turner vote to turn down application from Middlesbrough Live Well Centre

Ben Houchen in talks to sell off nearly half of Teesside Airport

Why did Ben Houchen win as Tees Valley Mayor - and what can Labour do next?

Labour wins election for Police and Crime Commissioner in Cleveland, beating incumbent Steve Turner

Hartlepool is now a Labour council, for the first time since 2019

Ben Houchen had his revenge on the #BinBen hashtag

Teesworks Ltd is appealing the PD Ports High Court decision that went against them. Meanwhile the Select Committee urges an...

A summary of Ben Houchen's record in numbers

Sally Bunce, the Green Party candidate for Tees Valley Mayor, has withdrawn as a candidate

Last week Billingham Town Council voted to scrap its Sunday Lunch Service for local vulnerable people. On the same day...

Julia Mazza writes on the abuse across decades in Nazareth House orphanages in the UK and Australia