News: Middlesbrough Council

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Suggestion to merge two North East councils is put forward amid financial issues

Aurangzaib Sharif admitted six counts of fraud contrary to Council Tax Reduction Scheme Regulations when he appeared before Teesside Magistrates

Benefit fraudster stole £7800 from council over a six year spree

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Petch Close in Middlesbrough

Residents face drug taking at school hours and violence at 'house from hell'

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Councillors have agreed on an action plan to improve the authority after a crisis over its governance deepened. A report by auditors has gone to the government’s levelling up department, which could take the “ultimate sanction” if the council fails

Government could 'suspend' North East council if it doesn't 'smarten up its act'

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John’s News was visited by Middlesbrough Council Trading Standards Officers in April this year after complaints of sales of vapes to young people under 18

Shop closed again after selling vapes to under 18s and stashing £15k of items

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Samantha Graham appeared at Teesside Magistrates' Court on Tuesday (August 29), where she pleaded guilty to failing to check for the correct waste carrier licences when allowing someone to remove waste from her property

Woman fined after trusting fly-tippers that set fire to rubbish and furniture

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The biker was caught on camera at Teesside Crematorium on Wednesday, July 26 before making his way to Saltersgill Avenue

Brazen off-road biker caught smashing CCTV cameras with hammer

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Council chief executive Clive Heaphy and Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke.

‘Tough’ choices ahead as council grapples with ‘serious’ £11.5m predicted overspend

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Teesside politicians, Simon Clarke, top left, Andy McDonald, top right, Andy Preston, bottom left, and Steve Turner, bottom right, are embroiled in bitter war of words.

Bitter political row erupts as parties clash after ex-Mayor's legal case dropped

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Andy Preston welcomes the case against him being dropped

'It's a scandal': Ex-mayor wants investigation after 'financial' allegations dropped

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Chris McIntyre, 70, who served as a councillor for Middlesbrough's Park Ward for four years, has been paid tributes by former colleagues after his death Credit: MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL

Tributes paid to popular former North East councillor after death

Middlesbrough Mela will be returning to the town in Albert Park on August 12 and 13, and organisers have said they are expecting an attendance exceeding 50,000 people Credit: MIDDLESBROUGH COUNCIL

Long-running multicultural festival returns to North East town this summer

The count in Middlesbrough today (May 5).

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2023 Local Elections 2023: Every result by ward in Middlesbrough - listed

Labour has taken back control of Middlesbrough Council after clawing back seats it lost four years ago.

Labour win back Middlesbrough Council after four years in huge victory

Here is the full list of candidates standing in Middlesbrough in the May 5 local elections. File photo: a polling station.

LOCAL ELECTIONS 2023 See the full list of who's standing in Middlesbrough's Local Elections on May 4

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North East alley branded a fly-tipping magnet after TONNES of waste dumped

North East alley branded a fly-tipping magnet after TONNES of waste dumped

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Council seizes suspect van in fly-tipping crackdown

Suspect van seized after fly-tipping incident heading for crusher

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A viral video of chicken being blowtorching in a back lane has prompted a council investigation.

Council investigating after perplexing viral clip of man blowtorching raw chicken

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Former Middlesbrough Councillor Bob Brady has died.

Tributes pour in after death of popular long-serving politician

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Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner Steve Turner, Flares General Manager Mark Warrilow and Alma Dennison, acting chair of Boro Angels.

Funding boost aims to cut knife and alcohol-related crime in town centre

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Middlesbrough Town Hall. Image by Ian Cooper/Teesside Live. Attribution required. Free for use by all BBC wire partners.

Council has NO RECORD of number of days worked by mayor’s adviser paid nearly £2.5k a month

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A senior Middlesbrough Council officer has appeared in court charged with defrauding her employer out of almost £20,000. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Senior North East council worker accused of committing £18,000 fraud

Ex-Middlesbrough councillor David Smith has been jailed after he was found guilty of a string of child sex charges. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Disgraced former Tory councillor JAILED for raping young boy during string of abuse

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Ex-Middlesbrough councillor David Smith found guilty of a string of child sex charges. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Disgraced former Tory councillor found GUILTY of all 11 child sex abuse charges

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Ex-councillor David Smith is accused of spending £10,000 to 'groom' his alleged victim. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Ex North East councillor strenuously denies raping young boy a decade ago

Ex-Tory Middlesbrough councillor 'devastated' by rape allegations. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Ex- North East councillor 'devastated' by child sex abuse allegations

Ex-Middlesbrough councillor David Smith is facing a string of child sex charges. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Ex North East councillor tried to bribe alleged sex abuse victim with chocolate

Ex-councillor accused of spending £10,000 to 'groom' his alleged victim. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Former North East councillor accused of spending £10,000 to 'groom' his alleged victim

Ex-Middlesbrough councillor David Smith is facing a string of child sex charges. Picture: THE NORTHERN ECHO

Former North East councillor denies carrying out a string of child sex offences

Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston

Mayor 'overstepped remit' when huge changes were made to major project on Teesside

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Councillors Mick Saunders, Matt Storey and Mieka Smiles have had their say on Antony High's move to Labour

North East council group names new leader after Labour defection

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Independent member (MICA) for the Park End and Beckfield, Stephen Hill. Picture: Facebook.

Preston goes to Iceland: Supermarket worker becomes latest member of council top team

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L-R) Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston and Cllr Mieka Smiles, Conservative councillor for Nunthorpe and executive member for culture and communities at the green space close to The Avenue in Nunthorpe

Council's green strategy includes planting 15,000 trees and sowing 30,000 sq m of urban flower meadows

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Deepak Dwarakanath, Trust medical director

'We're not out of this yet' - Health chiefs urge continued Covid vigilance

Disgraced councillor's rapped by court for 'bizarre' behaviour over fireworks display'

Disgraced councillor's rapped by court for 'bizarre' behaviour over fireworks display'

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Cllr Mieka Smiles, pictured with Simon Clarke MP, who have both called for Cllr Rathmell to resign

'He is not a fit and proper person to sit as a councillor': Rivals call for politician to resign after criminal conviction

The house on Weatherhead Avenue, Middles-brough, being made secure following the tenant’s eviction

Nuisance neighbour from hell is evicted

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BOHO start on site

Eco homes heated by air pumps

Councillor Barrie Cooper

Former policeman joins council’s top team

Cllr Barrie Cooper

Middlesbrough mayor confirms new member of executive after five councillors resign

A state of political limbo exists at the top of Middlesbrough Council

Limbo at council in wake of executive resignations

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Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston

Mayor rejects allegations from councillors over £600k spending

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Left, Councillor Antony High and right is Andy Preston

Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston responds to calls to quit over misconduct allegations

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The Royal National Institute of Blind People will offer advice and information on many mental health related topics

Charity for the blind gives support for Mental Health Awareness Week

Covid-19 stats for the region

Covid: The latest figures for the North-East and North Yorkshire

Yarrrow, the hen harrier, being tagged last summer

Yarrow the hen harrier disappears in mysterious circumstances while flying through region

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Middlesbrough has seen a rise in Covid cases Picture: PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND

This council area is the only one to see INCREASE in Covid cases in the region

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Teenager attacked and robbed behind Coulby Newham shop

Police are hunting two suspects who attacked and robbed a teenager

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DOOR-TO-DOOR vaccine jabs are being considered to reach a “couple of hundred” elderly people who haven’t received their first vaccines in Middlesbrough and Stockton

Door-to-door jab strategy to reach "couple of hundred" over 80s yet to receive first jab

Darlington Council. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT

Revealed: The North-East council staff earning more than £100,000 a year

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Urgent roadworks in Middlesbrough

Urgent resurfacing roadworks at key junction

Detective slams Cllr Jon Rathmell over his 'lies to try to cover up his crimes'

Detective slams misconduct councillor over his 'lies to try to cover up his crimes'

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Cllr Mieka Smiles, pictured with Simon Clarke MP, who have both called for Cllr Rathmell to resign

Rivals call for disgraced councillor to resign over criminal conviction

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Middlesbrough councillor Jon Rathmell

Councillor pleads guilty to misconduct charge over fireworks display

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