Archive - The Teesside Lead

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Apr 14 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

March 2026

Reform UK would take right to vote away from Hartlepool Council defector

Hartlepool councillor Aaron Roy joined Reform UK but is not a UK citizen

Mar 28 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

£100m of Tees Valley transport spending to be given to Teesworks regeneration

A report will be given to TVCA’s cabinet at their next meeting in June and it is expected the plans will be approved.

Mar 23 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

End of an era as last part of ICI Wilton faces closure

Another step in the decline of Teesside as the centre of the chemical industry

Mar 18 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

Is Tees Valley regeneration possible without development corporations?

Plus: A deep dive into 350-page TVCA budget documents

Mar 15 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

The seagrass helping to battle coastal erosion

An environmental revolution taking place on the muddy banks of Teesside's rivers and coastline

Mar 11 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

Teesworks boss hotel plans approved despite 'negative impact' of housing

Kirklevington Hall, better known as the former Judges hotel in Yarm, is owned by Chris Musgrave

Mar 8 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

Hartlepool Council forced to increase council tax after disastrous government meeting

Government showed "arrogance, indifference and moral bankruptcy" according to the council leader. Something the minister Steven Reed disputes.

Mar 4 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

Financial consultants netting £40k to sort out combined authority mess

Accounts for 2023-24 at Tees Valley Combined Authority yet to be published

Mar 1 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

February 2026

Liberty Steel plant in Hartlepool bought by unknown foreign investor

Plus: the Darlington nurses back in the headlines, you read it here first though

Feb 25 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

What's happening with council tax in the Tees Valley?

A council-by-council look at how much it's going up

Feb 22 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

The Hartlepool shipping containers fighting for the River Tees

And meeting the superhero oysters helping to fightback against pollution

Feb 18 • Leigh Jones and The Teesside Lead

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