Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Hartlepool - The Untold Story

Labour losses pile up in England local elections as Reform UK makes gains

Reform runaway winners in north-east, likely pushing Labour into opposition in Hartlepool, with other losses for Starmer in Chorley, Wigan, Redditch and Tamworth

The Guardian - UK

Hartlepool council stops residents from installing memorial benches

After carrying out an audit, the council found some parts of the town were ‘overwhelmed’

The Guardian - UK

Labour council accuses minister of ‘moral bankruptcy’ over social care dispute

Hartlepool leaders ‘furious and appalled’ after meeting with Steve Reed about growing cost of social care

The Guardian - UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Peter Mandelson timeline: what have been his key jobs and past scandals?

The former ambassador, now under arrest, has had plenty of ups and downs in his career of more than 40 years in the Labour party

The Guardian - UK

‘Betrayed’: 21 Hartlepool councillors threaten to quit Labour over care budget

Exclusive: Council in one of England’s poorest areas says it needs urgent help with ballooning children’s social care bill

The Guardian - UK

Streeting compares loss in Caerphilly by-election to day Starmer nearly quit

The health secretary compares defeat to one in Hartlepool, which almost forced Starmer to resign

The Independent UK

Labour not ‘bold enough’ says Powell as she becomes deputy leader

Lucy Powell’s victory in the deputy leadership contest could add to Sir Keir Starmer’s headaches at the end of a bruising week.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Hartlepool strips Peter Mandelson of civic honour

Councillors withdraw Freedom of Hartlepool award over former ambassador’s links to Jeffrey Epstein

The Guardian - UK

Lord Mandelson to be stripped of Freedom of Hartlepool

Councillors have unanimously voted to remove the honour over the former MP’s close relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Evening Standard

Lord Mandelson to be stripped of Freedom of Hartlepool over Epstein relationship

Lord Mandelson helped New Labour to power while he was Hartlepool’s MP from 1992 to 2004

The Independent UK

US and UK sign major nuclear power deal: What does it include?

The multibillion-pound deal will build up to 12 modern nuclear reactors in northeast England and power data centres.

Al Jazeera

UK Scores Massive US-Backed Nuclear Jackpot: 12 Modular Reactors, 2,500 Jobs – Power Surge or Costly Gamble?

US-UK pacts unleash 12 Hartlepool reactors powering 1.5M homes, £40B investments, 2,500 jobs amid Starmer's nuclear push. Critics fear Hinkley-style overruns

International Business Times UK

UK and US line up string of deals to build modular nuclear reactors in Britain

Agreements include plan to build 12 reactors in Hartlepool with Centrica, creating 2,500 jobs, and fast-tracking UK and US safety checks

The Guardian - UK

EDF extends lifespan of two UK nuclear plants, securing 1,000 jobs for longer

Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside to continue operating until March 2028

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Two UK nuclear power stations given further one-year extensions

Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in County Durham are now expected to generate electricity until March 2028.

The Independent UK

Sunday’s briefing: Sesko introduced to Old Trafford and Rodri suffers setback

Broadcaster Jeff Stelling sat among the fans as Hartlepool opened their season with a 0-0 draw.

The Guardian - UK

HMRC files winding-up petition against Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty Steel pipes business

Hartlepool company says it has settled all payments but court filing is sign of pressure on tycoon’s empire

Cycling News

Tour of Britain Women 2025 route

Four-day top-tier race takes the peloton from north-east England to Scotland from June 5-8, 2025 with a finale in Glasgow

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

'Impossible choice': West London council tells homeless family to move 275 miles to Hartlepool or lose housing support

Soheila Serkani was told she and her daughter must move to Hartlepool after being evicted from their private rented home last month

Evening Standard

Police still probing recycling plant three days after bones find

Forensic tents can be seen inside the Biffa recycling site in Hartlepool where human remains were found on Sunday.

The Independent UK

Human remains found at recycling plant in Hartlepool

Cleveland Police described the investigation as ‘extremely complex and sensitive’

Evening Standard

Change council tax system to stop poorer areas being charged more – Labour MP

Hartlepool MP Jonathan Brash branded council tax as ‘the most unfair and regressive’ taxation in England.

The Independent UK

Angela Rayner was 'ready to launch coup' against Keir Starmer over reshuffle spat

A book on the rise to power of Sir Keir Starmer has revealed more on the prime minister’s relationship with Angela Rayner after the party's loss in 2021 Hartlepool by-election

Evening Standard

Man who took part in Hartlepool and Sunderland disorder jailed for six years

Ashley Wilkinson has come to accept he was taken in by right-wing ‘propaganda’ online, Newcastle Crown Court was told.

The Guardian - UK

At last, a group of MPs intent on reforming our madly unfair council tax

The system relies on valuations from 1991, when Gorbachev was in power, but has become politically untouchable

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.