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Linthorpe Road cycle lane saga cost TVCA £4m
Plus: Newcastle Council to debate Teesworks incinerator, and BP hydrogen plant decision delayed
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Collapsed Cleveland Fire company owes taxpayers over £1.6m
Plus: Teesworks incinerator operator chosen unopposed
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BP hit back at Teesworks in AI data centre row
Plus: Has Ben Houchen been caught out lying twice?
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Ben Houchen urged to reveal purpose of £13,000 staff trip to Cannes
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Teesworks latest accounts published - who has been paid and what for
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Tees Valley Combined Authority chief executive Julie Gilhespie to leave role
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BP cancels green hydrogen project at Teesworks
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Serious Fraud Office continues investigation into Hartlepool steel company owner
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22,000 tonnes of hazardous waste dumped in non-hazardous Teesside landfill
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New objections to H2Teesside as BP bide their time
Plus: Steel manufacturer on Teesside faces winding-up petition
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Councillors told to write off £61,000 of failed fire brigade company debt
Plus: The inside story of Ben Houchen being ignored by Wes Streeting
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Teesworks tensions reflected in Westminster
Plus: Houchen's rants at public meeting
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What next after TVCA sacks two top officers?
PLUS: A possible change of strategy at Teesworks
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TVCA rejects Scrutiny Committee request to assess Ben Houchen appointments
Previous Constitution was "unlawful"
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Councillors call Ben Houchen development corporation appointments "unlawful"
Plus: Surprise objections to Teesworks blue hydrogen plant
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Teesworks council to consider dropping net zero pledge
Plus: Government ignores Ben Houchen's 13 letters
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Teesside MPs from opposite ends of spectrum united against government cuts
PLUS: Radioactive waste on Teesside, TVCA management criticise culture
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Cleveland Fire company in High Court owing £1.2m
Plus: Teesside Tech has cause to celebrate
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