Ben Houchen calls public's questions "completely insane"

Plus: "Flawed process" of approving £12.5m for Teesside Airport

This is edition number 44 of The Teesside Lead.

It marks a change to things here. As a freelance journalist work ebbs and flows, and for the next three months I’ve secured full-time work elsewhere, which means I won’t have as much time to commit to The Teesside Lead.

Instead of twice-weekly, we’ll be moving to just one edition a week each Sunday. Paid sub…