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DARLINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: Restaurateur stripped of licence over illegal workers

By Stuart Minting & Raheema Khan The director of a popular Bengali restaurant has had his licence revoked after “paying” diners’ leftover food to illegal...

Much hated airport tax abolished

A much-hated passenger tax that was introduced over a decade ago at Teesside Airport is to be abolished. The controversial £6 ‘tax’ to fly from Teesside...

Are Labour about to lose Hartlepool for the first time in 62 years?

By David Wibberley A recent poll has suggested that Sir Kier Starmer and his Labour party are on course for an “absolutely catastrophic” result in...

Gateshead Council pledges to help with free school meals during the coming half term holiday.

Councillors in Gateshead have agreed to make more than £100,000 from the government Covid Winter Grant available to provide free school meal vouchers during the February...

Local Middlesbrough businesses benefit from latest lockdown grant

Middlesbrough Council processed over £3.5 million in grants in January 2021. The cash support has benefited 519 businesses so far, and business owners are being...

Middlesbrough becomes ‘first in UK’ to make device pledge to children

Middlesbrough is now believed to be the first town or city in the UK to pledge that every child will have access to an...

National accolade awarded to virtual Middlesbrough Mela

We know it's the best - and now it's official! Covid-19 restrictions saw Middlesbrough's ever-popular Mela go virtual this year for the first time in...

Darlington Hippodrome partners up with creators Nikesh Shukla and Raven Smith for fantastic livestream events

Whilst nearly all industries have suffered during the pandemic, live entertainment has certainly had to take a backseat. Thankfully, Darlington Hippodrome are partnering up with...

North East Entrepreneur goes back to roots with £150m investment in Ludhiana, Punjab

The head of a leading PLC has unveiled plans to create a multi-million-pound development in his home town, in India. Meenu Malhotra, chair and founder...

Mosques join hands with the NHS to fight fear about COVID vaccine

By Arundhati Mukherjee Leading Islamic Scholars and Mosques from all parts of the UK join the campaign to fight fake news on Covid Vaccine. A flood...

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