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Tweet A drunken man wearing fishnet stockings saw in the New Year by carrying out a sex act in front of a woman. Police are appealing for information after the bizarre incident in Eston in the early hours of New Year’s Day. It happened as a lone female was returning home from a friend’s house [...]

Tweet The decision, by a Middlesbrough Council licensing panel, could be appealed. But if the decision stands it would mean the store, at 288-290 Acklam Road, would be one of only a handful run by the retail giant without an off-licence. Cleveland Police and local councillors objected to the granting of a licence. They pointed [...]

Tweet People in neighbourhoods where whole streets stand ready for demolition, have been told it will be at least four years before the work is complete. Plans to demolish 1,500 homes in central Middlesbrough were drawn up more than five years ago, and dozens of families have since been moved out. The councillor responsible for [...]

Tweet A soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan as he helped to clear an area of bombs has been named as Warrant Officer Class 2 Charlie Wood. WO Wood, 34 and from Middlesbrough, was serving with 23 Pioneer Regiment, The Royal Logistic Corps. A bomb exploded on Tuesday as he was helping co-ordinate the [...]

Tweet Cleveland Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time to come forward following the fire at the The Shipmate pub, in Middlesbrough, at 3.30pm on Wednesday. Detectives would also like to speak with a male who was seen running away from the scene.It is believed that the suspect [...]