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Happy Rooms 2026
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Middlesbrough Town Hall · Middlesbrough
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Middlesbrough 10K and Ali Brownlee 5K
Sun 30 Aug · 08:30
Centre Square · Middlesbrough
5SepSat
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Last Train Home Festival 2026
Sat 5 Sep · 12:00
Darlington Hippodrome, The Forum Music Centre and The Hullabaloo · Darlington
3JulFri
Arts & Culture
Common Stars: Art and the Starling
Fri 3 Jul · 09:00
Redcar Palace · Redcar & Cleveland
17JulFri
Arts & Culture
Stanley Davison: A Decade in Paint
Fri 17 Jul
Hartlepool Art Gallery · Hartlepool
25AugTue
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James Lindsey Bird ARCA Exhibition
Tue 25 Aug
Darlington Library Art Gallery · Darlington
26AugWed
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Little Seedlings Free Soft Play at Dobbies Stockton
Wed 26 Aug · 07:15
Dobbies Stockton · Stockton-on-Tees
29AugSat
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Walk and Talk – Red Balloons – Tees Barrage – 29 August
Sat 29 Aug · 09:00
Tees Barrage · Stockton-on-Tees
29AugSat
Theatre & Performance
Outdoor Theatre: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny
Sat 29 Aug · 10:00
Kirkleatham Museum and Grounds · Redcar & Cleveland
29AugSat
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Orange Pip Pride
Sat 29 Aug · 11:00
Baker and Bedford Streets · Middlesbrough
29AugSat
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Orange Pip Market – 29 August
Sat 29 Aug · 11:00
Bedford Street · Middlesbrough
31AugMon
FreeFamily
Hopetown End of Summer Party
Mon 31 Aug · 09:00
Hopetown Darlington · Darlington
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Teesside campaigner Ann Ming MBE received the first standing ovation in Tees Business LIVE history after speaking to an 85-strong audience in Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough family transport firm wins expanded UK distribution contract
Middlesbrough-based Hutchinson Transport has secured additional nationwide work with Univar Solutions after its performance on an existing contract.
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Alice House Hospice supporters are being invited to walk the 21.7-mile Cinder Track from Scarborough to Whitby on 4 October to raise money for local hospice care.
British Sign Language courses open in Darlington and Middlesbrough this September
The Deaf Empowerment Network is starting new British Sign Language courses in Darlington and Middlesbrough this September, with teaching delivered by qualified Deaf tutors.
North Ormesby charity day puts bikes, music and family fun behind support for MAIN
The Jovial Monk in North Ormesby is hosting a family fundraising day for Teesside charity MAIN on Sunday 30 August, with a sponsored motorbike ride, live music, games and food.
Free, quieter haircuts launch in Redcar for pensioners, jobseekers and people who find salons overwhelming
A new free monthly haircut service in Redcar is offering a calmer one-to-one option for pensioners, people preparing for job interviews and anyone who finds a busy salon difficult.
Families can mix science, storytelling and giant bubbles at Hartlepool Town Hall
Guinness World Record holder The Highland Joker brings The Bubble Show to Hartlepool on 5 September, combining bubble artistry with storytelling, magic and science.
Hartlepool skatepark will become a stage for a new night of live art
SIDEQUEST is bringing music, drag, spoken word, burlesque and hands-on art together at Tryin’ HQ for the first SIDESHOW on 25 September.
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Hartlepool student turns NHS placement into a route towards children’s nursing
Hartlepool Sixth Form student Lucy Skedd says a placement at the University Hospital of North Tees confirmed that children’s nursing is the career she wants to pursue.
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Alice House Hospice brings lantern-lit Starlight Memory Stroll back to Seaton Carew
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