Reform UK were projected to win Hartlepool at 10pm - but that did not play out

Polling firm YouGov has Labour down to win all of the Teesside seats, with a share of the vote ranging from 39% in Stockton West to 52% in Stockton North

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

Asked by reporters why he wasn’t wearing a blue rosette, Lord Houchen claimed he “forgot” to wear one.

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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

Chris McEwan, Ben Houchen and Simon Thorley are all looking to be elected as Tees Valley Mayor on 2 May

64% of Teesside's voting public abstained from exercising their democratic right in the 2021 Tees Valley mayoral elections. Jessie Joe Jacobs, director of The Democracy Network, who was on the losing side of the vote in 2021, explains why that hurt more than the defeat

A multi-million pound environmental project on the Tees Estuary aims to tackle rising flood risks, boost biodiversity and support the area’s economy – but can it restore the faith of the local community? 

Sally Bunce has withdrawn from the race to be Tees Valley Mayor, citing a desire to prevent Ben Houchen securing a third term