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Middlesbrough College CEO Zoe Lewis talks to Business Brew podcast

Our next Business Brew podcast is with Middlesbrough College CEO and Principal Zoe Lewis

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County Durham ranks second for most affordable homes in UK

County Durham has ranked number two on a list of most affordable areas in the country to buy your first home

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Remembering the floating nightclubs in Middlesbrough

TRANSPORTER is the name of a new zine which has just been published by North East writer and photographer Marie Gardiner.

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Cleveland Police prepare for Leeds United v Middlesbrough FC match

Cleveland Police are preparing to welcome thousands of Leeds United football fans for the Middlesbrough v Leeds match at The Riverside Stadium.

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Teesside pensioner jailed for abducting and raping child

Peter Wrigglesworth, 67, has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of rape, child abduction and sexual offences against a child.

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Police seize illegal cigarettes after Renault van stopped on A19

On Friday 19th April, a van containing 1,230,000 illegal cigarettes was stopped on the A19 and a male was arrested.

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Multiple online sex offender jailed at Teesside Crown Court

Christopher Laing, who was described by a Teesside Crown Court judge as “every parents’ worst nightmare”

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TEWV fined £200k after Christie Harnett and Patient X deaths

The Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust has been fined £200k after the deaths of two patients in its care.

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Middlesbrough businessman caught with high purity cocaine

A Middlesbrough businessman who was arrested more than five years ago has finally been sentenced for supplying cocaine.

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Man in hospital after machete attack in Grangetown

A man has been taken to hospital with a serious leg injury following a machete attack in Grangetown, Middlesbrough.

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Middlesbrough man arrested after people smuggling raids

A Middlesbrough man is among four people arrested, who are believed to have smuggled as many as 50 people into the UK illegally.

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Health checks for Redcar children in care face delays

Higher numbers of children entering local authority care in Redcar and Cleveland means more youngsters are waiting longer for potentially crucial health checks.

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TEWV to be sentenced after deaths of Christie Harnett and Patient X

The troubled Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust will today be sentenced for failing to provide safe care to two of its patients.

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LIVE: TEWV NHS Trust fined thousands after Christie Harnett and Patient X deaths

The trouble-hit Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Trust will be sentenced on Friday after admitting failures in how it cared for two patients - Christie Harnett and Patient X - who took their own lives while in the trust's care.

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Middlesbrough's Empire licence under review after man dropped on head

The Middlesbrough Empire could have its licence cancelled after a man was allegedly dropped on his head outside the popular venue in an incident.

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Middlesbrough: Live Well Centre relocation to Cleveland Centre

Two shop units in Middlesbrough’s Cleveland Centre are set to be developed into a health hub, with services being transferred from a nearby shopping arcade.

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Figures show North East bus service has significantly fallen

Bus services across the North East have seen a significant decline over the past 14 years

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New owner for Middlesbrough's Next building confirmed

The new owner of the Next building in Middlesbrough has been confirmed as the owners of the landmark M&S building on Linthorpe Road

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Middlesbrough shoplifter sentenced after string of thefts

Middlesbrough shoplifter Steven Andrew Brown has been jailed for over six months following a string of thefts from a shop.

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Middlesbrough drug dealer used father to drive him around

A Middlesbrough drug dealer who used his own father to ferry him about has been locked up after police spotted him acting suspiciously.