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Our thoughts are with those who have lost a loved one

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 5h

Loving ex postman, 58, and beloved 102-year-old among those remembered in Gazette death notices

Gemma Clark, from Redcar, is also celebrating ten years in the make-up business

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 5h

Make-up artist made-up after scooping 20th award for helping clients 'feel amazing in own skin'

Taurean Harte's victim was a drug dealer who had run up the debt

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 5h

Debt collector used CS gas on dealer who owed £14,000 to drugs supplier

Beamish Museum says the heritage railway will ensure a secure future for Twizell and Malleable No5.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 10h

Historic locomotives given permanent home

The main auditorium at Hartlepool Borough Hall remains closed after a health and safety inspection.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 10h

Concerns over auditorium's reopening date

Durham council says people living in the area will be asked to help decide where money is spent.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 10h

Boards to decide on £20m fund priorities

Residents call for more police enforcement after one driver was recorded at 111mph in a 30mph zone.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 11h

'Insane' 111mph speeding prompts crackdown plea

A request from McDonald’s to serve people food and drink until midnight at a new Stockton branch has drawn objections.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 11h

McDonald’s request to serve customers until midnight met with objections

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested :: It comes after a gang threw stones and fireworks at a house in Birchington Avenue, Grangetown, and then attacked police

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 12h

Boy arrested after racially aggravated 'stones and fireworks' attack on family in Grangetown home

Emergency services were called and one person taken to hospital after a van crash in Wolviston.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 12h

One in hospital after being 'cut free from van' left on its side after crash

A 32-year-old man has been arrested :: It follows the arrest of a 27-year-old man and a woman after incidents in Richmond Court and Sandringham Road, Grangetown

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 12h

Grangetown violence: Third arrest made by police probing shooting, arson and car rammed into home

The white Renault van ended up on its side in Sandy Lane West, at the junction with Wynyard Road, in the Wolviston/Billingham area

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 13h

Sandy Lane West closed by police after van flips onto side

A teenage boy has been arrested after reports of a racially aggravated attack on a family in their home.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 13h

Boy arrested after gang allegedly threw fireworks at home before attacking police

Police, paramedics and fire crews have closed a road after reports of a crash at the Wynyard Road junction of Sandy Lane West, Wolviston.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 13h

LIVE: Person 'cut free from van' and road closed due to crash

The police are searching for a wanted man with connections to Middlesborough and North Yorkshire.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 13h

Man with links to Teesside wanted on recall to prison

WARNING: Images of the golden retriever crosses Hope and Chance may be distressing to some readers :: The pair are in the care of the Blue Cross' Thirsk

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 14h

Puppies found with facial disfigurements in dumped cardboard box

A third person has been arrested following a night of “serious violence” on Thursday (October 16), which saw a car shot at and a family home targeted in Grangetown.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 15h

Third arrest made after night of 'serious violence' that saw home and car targeted

Cleveland Police have been urged to step up enforcement of speed limits in a picturesque village after one driver was clocked doing an “insane” 111mph in a 30mph zone.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 15h

‘Not just reckless, it’s terrifying’: Driver clocked at ‘insane’ 111mph in 30mph zone

In an interview with The Mirror, former England star Paul Gascoigne has opened up about his ongoing battle with alcoholism

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 15h

Paul Gascoigne's alcoholism battle and how he'd 'rather die as Gazza'

The fast food giant wants to serve people one hour longer at night, but objectors have raised issues including noise, anti-social behaviour and litter

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 16h

McDonald's midnight food and drink request at yet-to-be opened restaurant served with objections

The Viejo Stone Effect Ceramic Table Lamp is available in two base colours and has a 20% discount in the Dunelm autumn event sale, with all shoppers giving it a five-star rating #affiliate

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 16h

Dunelm shoppers say 'unique' lamp 'gives an extra lift to any room'

Stephen Ward, of Tithe Barn Road, Stockton, will appear at crown court next month :: Macauley Branigan died after a stabbing in the town's Westerton Green

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 16h

Accused in court charged with murder of Macauley Branighan in Stockton

Fears over safety in the village of Newton under Roseberry on the A173 have been expressed by a resident and local councillor Jemma Joy

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 16h

Motorist clocked doing 'insane' 111mph in 30mph zone at village near Roseberry Topping

A Middlesbrough loan shark has been ordered to pay back £14,500 after targeting vulnerable customers and making threats if they could not meet repayments.

News on Teesside @newsonteesside.bsky.social · 16h

Loan shark ordered to pay back £14,500 after targeting vulnerable customers