Billingham’s first senior women’s football team marks home FA Cup debut with 4–0 win
Wolviston FC Ladies have followed their first competitive victory with a 4–0 home FA Cup win, four months after the club formed its first senior women’s side.
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Free ice skating returns for Stockton secondary school pupils
One secondary school each week will receive up to 200 free tickets for Billingham Forum Ice Arena’s Friday night disco sessions through May 2027.
One Community Link sets five-year plan to tackle refugee homelessness and widen opportunity across Tees Valley
Stockton-based One Community Link has set out a five-year plan covering housing, employment, digital inclusion, racial justice and youth opportunity as it approaches ten years as a charity.
THREE60 Energy expands Teesside presence with new CF Fertilisers contract
Engineering firm THREE60 Energy has secured a new contract to support CF Fertilisers’ Billingham and North Tees sites, with the company saying the work will help grow its local engineering capability and create further employment opportunities.
James Cook radiologist receives Teesside University honorary professorship
Professor Maya Jafari has been appointed an honorary professor at Teesside University, recognising work that spans NHS imaging, research and clinical education.
Hartlepool schoolgirls get hands-on introduction to careers in construction
Year 9 pupils tried bridge building, budgeting and site-risk exercises at Hartlepool College in an event designed to broaden routes into the construction industry.
Teesport handles 5,000 vehicles in one of its biggest recent automotive ship calls
A shipment of 5,000 vehicles has arrived at Teesport, including the first 1,300 Lepas plug-in hybrid cars imported into the UK market.
Middlesbrough hosts northern trials for England’s next Homeless World Cup team
Nine teams from across northern England took part in England selection trials at MFC Foundation’s Southlands hub, with Middlesbrough and Hartlepool sides among the group winners.
Accessibility fund opens up more of Darlington’s historic pumping station
Volunteer-run Tees Cottage Pumping Station has improved paths and access after receiving support from a Tees Valley scheme designed to make visitor attractions more inclusive.
Plans submitted for new STEM centre at Darlington Science Park
A proposed specialist STEM centre at Central Park would bring laboratories, immersive learning facilities and a 200-seat lecture theatre to Darlington’s innovation district.
Hartlepool charity cricket match raises £6,000 for Alice House Hospice
A 20-over match at Park Drive has raised £6,000 for Alice House Hospice while bringing local players, families and businesses together around a memorial trophy.
Teesside University shortlisted for national award over disabled student support
A new online Student Support Plan system has put Teesside University on the shortlist for a Times Higher Education award for Outstanding Support for Students.
£8.2m transformation brings new classrooms, kitchen and solar panels to Stockton primary school
Two years of building work at Oxbridge Lane Primary School have finished, modernising the 1890 school while retaining its historic character.
Middlesbrough tests all-electric street cleaner in town-centre trial
A new electric vacuum-and-water street cleaning machine is being tested across Middlesbrough, with the council assessing whether it could become part of its regular cleaning fleet.
Little Boro will turn Centre Square into a ten-day creative neighbourhood
A free pop-up village built from repurposed shipping containers will bring artists, workshops and performances into Middlesbrough’s Centre Square during Art Week.
Darlington children’s physiotherapy lead takes paediatric MSK case to national stage
Chloe Wearmouth is using her work with children and young people in the North East to argue for stronger specialist musculoskeletal services nationally.
Middlesbrough gives green light to town-centre plans for new theatre, homes and public spaces
Middlesbrough’s long-term town-centre strategy has been approved, moving ambitions for a new theatre, thousands of homes, a hotel and new public spaces into their next stage.
Darlington’s new Health Squad takes care to people who struggle to reach it
A new community health service is helping Darlington residents who face barriers to traditional healthcare, with more than 40 people already supported since June.
Darlington career changer earns first-class audiology degree while working full-time
Former retail worker Tom Prince has graduated with first-class honours after retraining through a four-year audiology degree apprenticeship while working in local NHS services.
Volunteering helps refugee medic rebuild his healthcare career in Stockton
Ahmed Bakheet has returned to clinical work after a University Hospital of North Tees volunteering programme helped him rebuild confidence, NHS experience and professional connections.