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
The bill has damaged the relationship between the justice system and government; it has created a new form of legislation designed to bypass reality itself.
The Mayor of Portland is taking the government to court for mooring the Bibby Stockholm in her town without permission. The government's reply is that the barge is actually on Crown land - all seabed 12 miles out from any British coast. We went to the opening hearing to find out more.
Six Labour MPs have been trying for months to get on board the Bibby Stockholm to check the disturbing reports smuggled out by residents. They are being repeatedly denied.
Asylum requests withdrawn without the applicants’ knowledge. Requests declined, but still eligible for protracted appeal. Appeals rejected but without offering people anywhere else to go. And requests granted in swathes that risk overwhelming both asylum seekers and local authorities. Experts are looking at Rishi Sunak’s apparent success in cutting down the asylum backlog - and they are sounding the alarm.
It’s hard to imagine any other setting in which the fate of more than 150 missing children is dismissed with a shrug by the state - but a system of forced MRI and X-ray tests to uncover mythical adults pretending to be kids gets passed into law.
The warnings were ignored, the concerns played down. And now a man has died. He will not be the last person to lose their life on the Home Office barge.
The prime minister's brutal tightening of rules around seeking asylum is a boon to modern slavers and human traffickers. But the rules can changed as radically in the opposite direction - with much more promising results.
A record number of asylum seekers in the UK have become eligible for work permits after being strung out for over 12 months. But far from being a pull factor for economic migrants the policy is a shambles, NGOs say—as they call on the new Home Secretary to pull the plug.
Migration numbers have hit a record high. Why aren't Tories celebrating this as a win for Brexit?
With delays in the system rife, asylum seekers spend many months in forced idleness until their cases are decided. Here are three people's stories.