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  • Middlesbrough artist surprises Mackenzie Thorpe with portrait

    A SELF-TAUGHT artist who has previously used her creative talent to help solve the disappearance of a British toddler who went missing almost 28 years ago has surprised a North-East artist with a special portrait. Nat Moss, from Middlesbrough, surprised

  • Mystery meeting after mayor votes for himself

    A MAYOR who used his casting vote to give himself another term of office has called an extraordinary meeting of the town council. Richmond’s mayor Councillor Jonathan Preece has declined to reveal the reason he had called the meeting at the town

  • Mixed response to social care transport fee changes

    A COUNCIL spending nearly half its budget on social care has received a mixed reaction after lessening the impact of a proposed increase in charges for lifeline transport services for elderly and disabled people. North Yorkshire County Council’s

  • Power struggle on the cards at Stockton Borough Council

    LABOUR has vowed to push on and run Stockton Council as a minority administration – but talks before key votes will be needed. It was a terrible day at the polls for the party in the Tees Valley but Stockton borough was arguably the best of a bad

  • 'Digging into Britain's Past' tour coming to the region

    A LEADING anthropologist will be giving a talk on 'Digging into Britain's Past' when she visits the region next month. Professor Alice Roberts will be bringing her show to The Garden Rooms at Tennants in Leyburn as part of a nationwide tour. Teenage