Middlesbrough, England News

The Hartlepool woman is said to have left the number 1 bus at stand 10 of Middlesbrough Bus Station at 9.37am on Friday, May 24.

EAST steelmaker is today expected to announce major losses in its full-year results, just days after writing down the value of its European operations by more than A 1bn.

MOUNTAIN rescue crews were called out tonight to help a woman who suffered leg injuries when she was knocked over by her dog.

THE fighting spirit, which spurred a successful battle to save steelmaking on Teesside , must be galvanised again to protect 1,500 North-East jobs, an MP has warned.

East council today defended its decision to turn down plans for a new Government-backed 'free school'. A four-day planning inquiry began to decide whether to allow the new secondary school - along with 350 new-build homes - in Ingleby Barwick, near Stockton.

Jordan Lee Hunt, 14, had been missing from the Grangetown area of Middlesbrough since Friday, May 10 but was found on Monday, May 13.

COUNCIL bosses are set to recruit a history enthusiast to lead a major 400,000 project to mark the centenary of the First World War.

CREATIVE students are about to see their ideas turned into reality as part of a specialist scheme that will bring financial know-how to them.

BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable will be in the region today to hand over cash from the government's flagship jobs scheme and back an ambitious drive to create more apprentices.

The appearance of a rebel amendment on the Queen's Speech, regretting the lack of a referendum on Britain's EU membership, has transformed the debate from ritual combat to something much more threatening for the government.

A HAPLESS thief is lucky to be alive after sending a 165,000 volt shock through his body as he tried to steal copper cable from an electricity sub-station. Anthony Dewing suffered horrific injuries and was in a hospital's intensive care unit for a fortnight after the near-death drama in County Durham.

THE result of a poll to determine whether people want their leafy suburb to split from Middlesbrough and return to North Yorkshire has proved an overwhelming yes.

POLICE stopped three cars they thought were racing through town centre streets - and uncovered a tale of machetes, knives, threats and illegal immigration.

A WARNING has been issued to rowdy and drunken revellers that they will not be allowed on trains returning to Teesside from York if they are deemed too intoxicated.

A MAN was rescued by firefighters last night after a blaze at a disused warehouse where tyres were stored.

VICTIMS of asbestos exposure and their families will be denied compensation after a Government U-turn condemned as a "disgrace". The Queen's Speech promised a Mesothelioma Bill to provide payouts to sufferers - many now deceased - unable to trace the employer who exposed them to the deadly dust.

The garage, at Boathouse Lane, Stockton, was well alight at about 3.10am this morning, Monday, May 6, when Cleveland Fire Brigade were called.

Teesside Crown Court heard that Carl Ajib would almost certainly have died after he was stabbed three times with a knife by Mohammed Jama if it were not the fact that he received prompt medical treatment.

POLICE are appealing for information after a bag containing a large amount of mixed medication was accidentally left outside a Middlesbrough supermarket.

HOSPICE FUNDING: Two hospices based in Middlesbrough have benefitted from A 5,000 donations from the Making A Difference Locally charity, which assists independent retailers that are members of the retail group Nisa, raise money for their local communities.