Local News

• Loftus speed limit lowered after public consultation support October 2, 2022
  Redcar and Cleveland Council say 98% of people who responded agreed with the measure.
• Drivers warned of A66 overnight closures near Thornaby October 2, 2022
  National Highways says the essential work will "bring better journeys to thousands of drivers".
• Coventry City 1-0 Middlesbrough: Viktor Gyokeres strike gives Sky Blues first win of season October 1, 2022
  Coventry pick up their first Championship win of the season as they beat fellow strugglers Middlesbrough.
• Toddler dies following 'medical episode' in Shotton Colliery October 1, 2022
  The two-year-old was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition on Wednesday and has now died.
• Train strike: Worst rail disruption of year as workers walk out October 1, 2022
  Large parts of Britain are without train services as rail workers in four unions go out on strike.
• Redcar steel plant: 'Biggest demolition' of its kind in 75 years October 1, 2022
  The Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) Plant was brought down using 1.6 tonnes of explosives.
• Mansfield Town 2-2 Hartlepool United September 30, 2022
  Josh Umerah scores twice to earn struggling Hartlepool United a point in their League Two match at Mansfield Town.
• North East Ambulance Service staff face strike ballot over pay September 30, 2022
  The GMB union says hundreds of workers, including paramedics, will be balloted on industrial action.
• Hartlepool rescue: Man brought to safety after getting stuck on rocks September 30, 2022
  RNLI volunteers were called to the scene during the early hours and brought the man back to shore.
• Northern Tory MPs urge Liz Truss not to abandon levelling up September 30, 2022
  The Northern Research Group of Conservative MPs says Liz Truss needs to take "urgent action".