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'Step too far' vs 'I'm all for it': Split opinions on new weekly food waste recycling plans

Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland Council is preparing to introduce a new weekly food waste recycling service for all households in the borough.

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Overcrowded Redcar and Cleveland cemeteries spark reader comments for change

Redcar and Cleveland Council

Redcar and Cleveland Council has cemetery capacity issues and will have to make 'unpalatable' decisions in the near future, a meeting heard

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Marske square revamp criticised, but some 'sick of reading all the complaints'

Businesses surrounding the town square claimed takings were down as much as 70% during the works

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Readers have their say after residents hit out over Stokesley hedgerow removal

North Yorkshire County Council

Tilia Homes said that 'essential work, scheduled after the nesting season, was undertaken to ensure that the watercourse remains safe, functional and manageable'

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Readers debate rising needs in schools as education leaders hear concerns

Teesside Live readers have been discussing the news that education leaders have been told about rising numbers of children needing extra help in school, including with basic care and daily skills.

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The Government must keep public notices in our trusted Teesside newspaper

The Gazette joins forces with local newspapers across the country to challenge a direct attack on the public’s right to know

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'This has been going on for far too long': Teessiders speak out on 'joke' Ladgate Lane closure

Middlesbrough Council

Tom Allan said he has never seen anyone working at the site of the temporary traffic lights on Ladgate Lane, Middlesbrough

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‘We want the tourism, just not the tourists': Backlash over Saltburn clifftop 'motorhome campsite'

Redcar and Cleveland Council

Redcar and Cleveland Council has announced new restrictions on the town's Marine Parade which will prevent motorhomes parking on the south side in a bid to ease congestion and improve access

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Newport Bridge's new northbound lane reduction dubbed 'nightmare' as it reopens after works

Stockton-on-Tees

Newport Bridge has reopened after two months of major maintenance work, with new safety barriers, road markings and a revised traffic layout in place

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Locals undecided on new Lidl plans for Linthorpe but agree site 'is a mess now'

Lidl has confirmed it is still committed to bringing a new store to Linthorpe and has now revealed updated plans

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'They built Sydney Harbour Bridge faster': Readers' say on South Bank station delays

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Teessiders have shared their thoughts on the delays to the work at South Bank railway station

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Recycling bin tags scrapped after £350k saving but locals ‘glad to see them go’

Redcar and Cleveland Council

The council introduced the scheme to reduce costly contamination from bin loads and also improve the borough's recycling rates

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Views on £1m deal for driverless Teesside Airport shuttles: 'Driverless trains should be next'

Teesside International Airport

Teesside Airport has announced a pilot scheme for driverless shuttles which has prompted a heated debate from Teesside Live readers and social media users

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'Great to hear!' Readers heap praise on Teesside University after national accolade

Teesside University

Teesside University has been named as The Daily Mail Modern University of the Year 2026

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Readers views after giant Redcar rat catch - with 'people the problem' say some

Redcar and Cleveland

A task force is being convened to address Redcar and Cleveland's rodent problem following the trapping of a giant rat

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Enormous 22-inch rat wreaks havoc in Teesside home as calls grow for more 'paid rodent catchers'

Eston and Normanby

The giant rat was discovered in Normanby and is said to be up to 22 inches long. A councillor has now spoken out about the horror find, and warned the public to be vigilant

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'Councillors have some common sense': Reaction as dodgems could be bumped from Yarm after 130 years

Fairground operator John Murphy, 40, says the historic event could be in peril after Stockton Council announced new seating areas and planters on Yarm High Street

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Middlesbrough town centre 'used to be buzzing' but now slammed as 'absolute disgrace'

Central Middlesbrough

Locals call Middlesbrough a "dump" and "tumbleweed town" amid town centre decline

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Council funds new bins but locals say Canal Trust ‘should pay their own way’

The bins were removed earlier this year by the Canal and River Trust charity which said it could no longer afford the £30,000-a-year expense of maintaining them

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Selective licensing set to target rogue landlords but locals claim it 'doesn't work'

Middlesbrough Council

Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Luke Myer has called for a selective licensing scheme to be introduced to help tackle crime and anti-social behaviour

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'Linthorpe Road cycle lane has been the biggest waste of money in the history of Middlesbrough'

Linthorpe Road cycle lane removal date confirmed: ‘Let’s get it ripped out’

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'Where do we keep them all?': Residents react to Middlesbrough wheelie bin update

Middlesbrough Council

Middlesbrough Council chiefs have confirmed there will be no extra charge for residents as they discussed possible alternative bins for households which would struggle to fit an extra wheelie bin on their property

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Controversial car park charges in Yarm slammed as 'death by a thousand cuts'

Stockton Council

The council is to review the impact of the controversial charges after a unanimous vote from councillors to call on leaders to reverse the parking policy

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New 'monster incinerator' approved as Teesside called 'a literal bin fire'

The Environmental Agency has approved the plans for the new waste incinerator on Teesside - but locals have described it as a 'monster incinerator'

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Teesside News 'Unwell' Teesside drug mule Lindsay Sandiford's health issues after years on Bali death row Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death by firing squad for smuggling million ($1.8 million) of cocaine into Indonesia in 2012, and was locked up in Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail

The Teesside drug smugglers back on home turf after time behind bars abroad

Bella May Culley, 19, and Lindsay Sandiford, 65, have both been released from prison abroad this week after being convicted of drug offences

Further arrests made in North Ormesby 'attempted murder' probe

North Ormesby and Berwick Hills

Four people have now been arrested in connection with a reported stabbing at Orme Court

REGIONAL NEWS: Medical centre ordered to improve after damning inspection found 'toxic culture'

Lanchester Medical Centre in Lanchester, County Durham, has been rated inadequate following a visit by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Darlington nurses' discomfort undressing in front of opposite sex spotlighted

Professor Jo Phoenix told a tribunal it could be 'inferred' that women were more sensitive about undressing in front of the opposite sex

Middlesbrough FC Adi Viveash sums up his feelings on a 'special' Middlesbrough day after Rob Edwards uncertainty Middlesbrough caretaker boss Adi Viveash offers his verdict after a 2-1 win over Birmingham City

'Unwell' Teesside drug mule Lindsay Sandiford's health issues after years on Bali death row

Lindsay Sandiford was sentenced to death by firing squad for smuggling million ($1.8 million) of cocaine into Indonesia in 2012, and was locked up in Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail

Middlesbrough faithful send clear message to Rob Edwards with banner and Riverside chants

Middlesbrough FC

Rob Edwards will soon leave Boro to join Wolves

The Teesside drug smugglers back on home turf after time behind bars abroad

Bella May Culley, 19, and Lindsay Sandiford, 65, have both been released from prison abroad this week after being convicted of drug offences

Further arrests made in North Ormesby 'attempted murder' probe

North Ormesby and Berwick Hills

Four people have now been arrested in connection with a reported stabbing at Orme Court