Saltburn-by-the-Sea has had something of a renaissance in recent years after decades of decline mirrored at seaside resorts - but it hasn't escaped the national scandal of raw sewage discharges from storm overflows
Asked by reporters why he wasn’t wearing a blue rosette, Lord Houchen claimed he “forgot” to wear one.
More questions than answers remain about the cause of the so-called mass crustacean mortality event in Teesside - and there are fears about what this could mean for the future.
They have the power to make Teesside the heart of a new green industrial revolution, according to proponents of carbon capture and small nuclear reactors. But critics say they’re expensive and unproven, and an excuse to keep drilling for fossil fuels
Following mass deaths of marine life at Teesside Freeport, Darlington and Westminster alike have been been less than forthcoming about what really happened. Are they covering up one disaster - or preparing for another?
How, and why, Teesside is speaking the language of lithium production.
Teesside has among the highest rate of drug-related deaths in England and Wales, but a progressive approach to substance use and a welcoming community has been transformative for many who would otherwise be disenfranchised from society.
The offer of an hour free parking was removed with shoppers now forced to pay £1.60 for the first hour and £2.20 for each additional hour - and businesses are feeling the impact
With the council facing a £15m deficit and popular venues closing there's a tricky future for creatives to navigate
Although the mayor won 2021’s election with 73 per cent of the vote, he’s likely to take his share of the backlash facing the Conservatives nationally come May's election
Britain’s boating community once moved according to the season; now, they are being forced from our rivers and canals by extortionate charges.
Private ownership has been allowed to become synonymous with having the right to feel truly at home at all. A new generation of DIY influencers are bucking the trend, and are making renting - and social housing - appear fulfilling and desirable once again.
Despite its comfortable image, the seaside city faces a unique convergence of every single aspect of the national housing shortage - and 10 new people present as homeless every single day.
The Lead's Leah Borromeo speaks with fellow documentary filmmaker Paul Sng about "Tish" - an intimate, powerful portrait about photographer Tish Murtha and her social realist images of 1970s and 1980s Britain.
When it comes to the housing crisis, our attention is drawn to towns and cities. But the countryside is running out of affordable housing too, with young people and new families paying the price.
Far from being insulated from the ups and downs of the real estate market, social and emergency housing has become tethered to it - and is facing an entirely new crisis of its own.
Shared owners face a triple whammy: rising mortgage payments, rises in the rental charge on the portion of the property they don’t own, and ever-rising service charges. And worst of all? They virtually can't get out.
Landlords in London's artsy warehouse district are following the old playbook: rent out cheaply, let creative tenants liven up the place, then kick them out and cash in. But this time, residents are fighting back.
Residents in Urmston are locked in a bitter struggle with their management company. They are paying "extortionate fees", but have no idea where that money is going.
Panic and greed fuel spike in tenants being evicted under the infamous "Section 21" - but the stage for the crisis has been set by decades of bad policy.