Author: Stockton Advertiser

DRUNKS were urinating on office windows, business owners whose complaints led to benches being removed outside their premises said yesterday.

DRUNKS were urinating on office windows, business owners whose complaints led to benches being removed outside their premises said yesterday.

POLICE are trying to trace a light coloured Ford Transit van after a hit-and-run crash which left a young man in hospital with leg injuries.

PLANNERS have once again rejected a housing development – despite previously losing an appeal and in spite of the fact they now face a second legal fight on the issue.

A TV advert for retailer Oak Furniture Land has been banned after its claim to use solid wood was described by a watchdog as misleading.

A NORTH-EAST town centre is in the running to be named a ‘rising star’ after being shortlisted for a national award.

SERIOUS concerns have been raised about how Cleveland Police protects children from harm, in a damning letter from the outgoing chief inspector of schools to the police watchdog.

THE very first Stockton Book Festival took place at the weekend.

A SPECIALLY-designed new garden in the shape of a pocket watch is to be created at an autism charity’s base.

RURAL churches with shrinking congregations may no longer be obliged to hold weekly Sunday services as the Church of England is considering scrapping the legal requirement.