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The full list of Middlesbrough Council buildings and assets under threat in 2024

An asset review of council-owned buildings and land had been drawn up in a bid to raise an estimated £33m for the local authority....

Restaurant’s temporary marquee – installed during pandemic, can stay for City of Culture year

The large marquee next to Jinnah, off Leeds Road, was installed during the Covid pandemic – with the business saying it would allow customers...

Newsha’s struggle for freedom, hope, and a home after fleeing religious persecution in Iran

It has been over a month since Newsha left her temporary home after finally being granted leave to remain in the UK. Her eyes...

Slough medical centre applies for upgrades and extension

A Slough medical centre has applied for planning permission to allow extensions and improvement works. This work would allow the centre to expand its number...

Plans for shops and office space off Manchester Road have been refused a second time

It would be part of a wider development of the site – plans to build four homes on the land next to these units...

Plan for extension, new car park and “wellbeing walk” at hospital is approved

The Bradford District NHS Care Foundation Trust submitted plans for the Heights Lane hospital site earlier this year, and they were approved shortly before...

Metro passengers to finally see new trains pulling into stations – just don’t try to get on board

2024 will see the Metro’s £362m fleet of Swiss-built carriages finally start to come into service after years of waiting for the existing, increasingly-unreliable...

Retrospective plan to keep temporary classrooms on the site of two Bradford Primary Schools is approved

Sections of Eldwick Primary School and Crossflatts Primary School were shut in late August after the discovery of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. The building material...

Rise in reports of adult abuse or neglect on Teesside with one in three probes relating to care homes

A report by the Teeswide Adult Safeguarding Board (TSAB) showed there were 7,011 concerns raised across the area in 2022/2023. Of these, 3,235 turned...

A look inside Slough’s new planned NHS diagnostic centre

An application for planning permission was put forward last month to Slough Borough Council for the new facility to be built at Upton Hospital. Vacant...

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