Author: Stockton Advertiser

THE former RAFA Club in Stockton Road, Hartlepool, has been severely damaged by fire.

Major fire at derelict building

THE former RAFA Club in Stockton Road, Hartlepool, has been severely damaged by fire.

Major fire at derelict Hartlepool building

HOPES are rising that a scheme to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm off the Yorkshire and North-East coast will serve as a major boost to the Tees Valley economy and stem the “brain drain” from the region.

Visits over support base for huge offshore wind farm generate hopes for Tees Valley

A FORMER Thai boxing champion who started to self-mediate with crack cocaine after an injury is behind bars.

Former fighter jailed for armed robbery while high on drugs

A MAJOR incident is understood to be unfolding in Stockton as police have cordoned off a street just off Durham Road.

Ongoing police incident in Stockton

TWO people on a motorbike are being hunted after a drive-by shooting on a parked car.

Suspected drive-by shooting in Stockton

TWO people on a motorbike are being hunted after a drive-by shooting on a parked car.

Drive-by shooting: Bikers fire at three people in car

AN ARTIST who remembered his inspirational school art teacher as he put together the finishing touches to his latest exhibition has managed to track down his original mentor – at the grand old age of 103.

Artist, 68, tracks down 103-year-old former school teacher to thank him

DETECTIVES are attempting to trace some distinctive jewellery stolen during a burglary on Whitton Road in Stockton on Sunday, May 6 between 5.30am and 10.30pm.

Appeal to trace jewellery

A BURGLAR got more than he bargained for when he was disturbed during a break-in at a family home.

Burglar bashed with table leg when caught in the act