- Couple celebrate £45m lottery win
- Ofcom acts to tackle 'slamming'
- Greek leaders agree to new cuts
- UK 'will defend Falklands properly'
- PM urges more women in boardrooms
- Bank set to add £50bn economy boost
- Three admit abuse at care home
- Road chaos in icy 'perfect storm'
- Redknapp 'hasn't thought about' job
- Ofsted boss outlines rating changes
- Mills denies playing voicemail
- £4.5m skills cities fund launched
- Award for Harry the Apache pilot
- Man arrested in US over 1993 raid
- BBC boss backs more 'older' women
- Brand and Perry divorce finalised
- Watchdog warning over defence cuts
- Elderly man dies after dog attack
- Junk food ads 'aimed at children'
- Results reveal cost of hack probe
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Football fans cause chaos
DOZENS of police and a riot control unit were scrambled to Hartlepool railway station after drunken fans caused chaos on a train which had to be stopped in town.
BREAKING NEWS: Hospital’s services outlined by health chief
HEALTH chiefs today set out plans to bring some services back to Hartlepool’s hospital – but stressed there will be no return of its A&E department.
BREAKING NEWS: Car smashes into shop
A MOTORIST had to be cut from a car after it crashed into a shop.
BREAKING NEWS: Valentine’s heartbreak for missing man’s daughter
A LITTLE girl is facing a heartbreaking Valentine’s Day as she turns five without her missing dad by her side.
Labour leader resigns
THE leader of Hartlepool’s biggest political group has resigned from his role after 15 months in charge.
Sport
Hartlepool boss Neale Cooper hails Paul Murray as a mirror image of himself as a player
NEALE Cooper wouldn’t be the first manager to laud the merits of Paul Murray – but the Pools boss admits he sees something of himself in the midfield terrier.
Middlesbrough boss Tony Mowbray praises young striker Curtis Main after FA Cup disappointment against Sunderland
DISAPPOINTED Tony Mowbray took few positives out of Middlesbrough’s spirited FA Cup exit to neighbours Sunderland.
Sunderland’s Stephane Sessegnon hails team effort after FA Cup win over Middlesbrough
STEPHANE Sessegnon today played down the impact of his scoring streak despite a fourth goal in eight ensuring Sunderland prevailed in the Tees-Wear derby.
Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill hopes Stephane Sessegnon is fit after FA Cup marathon against Middlesbrough
MARTIN O’Neill hopes Stephane Sessegnon suffers no after-effects of his match-winning display on Teesside.
Sunderland boss Martin O’Neill relieved to avoid penalties in FA Cup tie against Middlesbrough
MARTIN O’Neill admits he was a relieved man after Sunderland avoided the “lottery” of a penalty shoot-out against their neighbours.
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TOWN boxer Martin Ward declares his intention to be England bantamweight champion.
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Concert for US trip
TALENTED Hartlepool singer Lewis Laking is to stage a concert to help send him to America.
Thinking of the wildlife
WILDLIFE has been put under the spotlight – by industrialists who are planning the future of the Tees Valley.
A ramble in the Dene
PEOPLE have the chance to take a guided walk through the winter countryside next week.
An OAP of the skies is back in town
AN old age pensioner of the skies is back in Hartlepool – for the 20th year in a row.
Community
Romantic cakes
ROMANTIC adults can learn how to decorate cupcakes for a loved one on Valentine’s Day.
Look back in time
PEOPLE are enjoying the chance to look back on time gone by at monthly meetings of a history group.
Net closes in on crooks
A TOP cop has revealed that social networking sites are their first port of call for officers trying to snare criminals.
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Weather for Hartlepool
Thursday 09 February 2012
Today
Heavy sleet
Temperature: 1 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: South
Tomorrow
Light sleet showers
Temperature: -0 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: South
