3+ day, 16+ min ago   (365+ words) A rise in anti-social behaviour across a town has prompted calls for better policing and community safety. New figures from Darlington Borough Council covering the 12 months leading up to September 2025 show incidents rose from 1,379 to 1,821, a 32% increase. Offences associated with…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (434+ words) Millions of pounds will be spent on trying to turn a region into a "powerhouse of creative production", a combined authority has said. The "3.8m Engine Room programme will aim to nurture local talent from across Tees Valley while also attracting…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (411+ words) A health trust which was found to have "violated the dignity" of female nurses who complained about having to share a changing room with a trans woman has said it "regrets" any distress caused. An employment tribunal ruled bosses of…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1771+ words) "A moment of truth." That was the verdict of a group of nurses in Darlington after a legal judgement that said NHS bosses had violated their dignity by allowing a trans woman colleague to use the female changing room. Yet…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (311+ words) A nurse who was suspended over an alleged breach of a transgender patient's confidentiality has been reinstated. Jennifer Melle from Croydon, south London, was removed from duty after speaking publicly to the media about receiving a warning for using the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (822+ words) Hospital bosses violated the dignity of a group of female nurses who complained about a transgender woman using their changing room, an employment tribunal has found. Eight nurses from Darlington Memorial Hospital claimed they had been "penalised" by managers for…...

3+ week, 8+ hour ago   (441+ words) A rare breed riding centre which says it faces closure over financial difficulties warns it could close in a year "if things don't improve". Annie Rose, who owns Cumbrian Heavy Horses near Millom, said the centre was selling four of…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (155+ words) A multi-storey car park is closing for two days so shutters damaged in a crash can be replaced. Lurke Street Car Park in Bedford will be shut on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 January. Its entrance and exit suffered "accidental damage" in…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (404+ words) Student accommodation plans for a town's landmark building, a pipe band bouncing back after nearly ceasing to exist and paint appearing in a waterway. Here are five Teesside stories you might have missed. Image source, Harry McCabe A group of…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (474+ words) Student accommodation plans for a town's landmark building, a pipe band bouncing back after nearly ceasing to exist and paint appearing in a waterway. Here are five Teesside stories you might have missed. A group of friends who lost one…...