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Gavin Ledwith

Hartlepool Mail Editor

Proud editor of the Hartlepool Mail newspaper and www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk website. I have worked more than 20 years for the Mail across two spells.

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Staff outside Hartlepool’s White House pub.

Popular pub reopens after refurbishment

More Stagecoach buses in Hartlepool are to be electrified over the coming year.

Town to benefit from dozens of 'greener' buses and new service

A man is more than £700 out of pocket after discarding a cigarette in Hartlepool's Rydal Street.

Men fined after discarding cigarettes

The Hartlepool case was heard at Teesside Magistrates' Court, in Middlesbrough. Picture by FRANK REID

Woman jailed after 'continuously' pestering man for money

A Grand Central train passing underneath the new footbridge at Hartlepool Railway Station.

Rail travellers warned to expect disrupted journeys later in June

Cleveland Police have arrested five people across "multiple addresses" in Hartlepool and Middlesbrough in connection with a human trafficking investigation.

Hartlepool suspects arrested in human trafficking inquiry

Marcus Newing, headteacher of St Helen’s Primary School, with pupils celebrating their Ofsted report. Also pictured, back left, is deputy headteacher Laura Wallace with assistant headteacher Emma Hutton.

Education inspectors praise Hartlepool primary school

The Hartlepool case was heard at Teesside Magistrates' Court, in Middlesbrough. Picture by FRANK REID

Hartlepool XL bully-type dog faces destruction

Just some of our photos from Hartlepool United's trip to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium to face Sheffield Wednesday in the League One play-off final in 2005.

20 years since Hartlepool United's momentous League One play-off final

The Hartlepool case was heard at Teesside Magistrates' Court, in Middlesbrough. Picture by FRANK REID

Hartlepool drink driver is banned from the road

Danger driver Dylan Crocker, inset, has been locked up following a horror smash in Wolviston in which a car smashed into a wall.

Watch as danger driver is detained after horror smash

Just four of our archive images of The Hourglass.

Nostalgic photos of life at ex-pub after homes plan is approved

Just some of the criminals from the Hartlepool area to have been locked up at crown court recently.

The criminals starting 25 year-plus between them behind bars

Cleveland Police vehicles in the Allerton Close area of Hartlepool on May 21. Picture courtesy of Hartlepool News and Alerts.

Arrests made as part of gunshot inquiry

Cleveland Police vehicles in the Allerton Close area of Hartlepool on May 21. Picture courtesy of Hartlepool News and Alerts.

Pair charged with attempted murder as part of gunshot inquiry

Memorable scenes from Hartlepool United's play-off clinching 2-2 draw at Bournemouth in 20025.

In pictures: 20 years since Pools reached the League One play offs

A pay and display parking machine in Hartlepool which was targeted with a fake QR code stuck to the bottom right corner of the machine’s information panel.

Scammers target town pay and display machines
Motorist are warned about scammers targeting victims with fake QR codes on pay and display parking machines.
Gavin Ledwith

Just some of our staff pictures showing rainfall in Hartlepool across the years.

13 retro reminders of what rainfall in Hartlepool looks like

One walker was wisely prepared with her brolly when it started raining in Sunniside, on the Headland, in the summer of 2004.

When is it finally going to rain in Hartlepool?

Car parking charges are to rise at the University Hospital of Hartlepool at the start of June.

Parking charges set to rise at hospitals serving Hartlepool

A car crashed into the main Morrisons supermarket building, in Clarence Road, Hartlepool. Picture courtesy of Hartlepool News and Alerts.

Motorist treated by paramedics after car crashes into supermarket

A property in Cornwall Street sold for £30,000 on January 17.

Casualty in hospital after man is charged with string of assaults

A picture supplied to Hartlepool Police of tyre marks believed to have been caused by nuisance drivers.

Police appeal to identify nuisance Hartlepool drivers

Just some of our pictures of life in Hartlepool in 2005.

Travel back in time to life in Hartlepool in 2005

A week-long knife amnesty has started across the Cleveland Police force area from May 19.

Knife carriers urged to hand in weapons as part of amnesty

The Great North Air Ambulance lands in fields off West View Road following reports of an assault. Picture courtesy of Hartlepool News and Alerts.

Teen arrested as 60-year-old man is 'seriously' assaulted in alleyway

Police were called to Brenda Road, Hartlepool, following reports that a woman had been sprayed with an "unknown liquid".

Motorist quizzed after pedestrians are sprayed with 'unknown liquid'

A Cleveland Police picture of the cannabis farm seized at a Hartlepool house on May 16.

Police bust £200,000-plus Hartlepool cannabis farm
A man has been arrested and charged after a drugs raid discovered cannabis plants worth more than £200,000.
Gavin Ledwith

Hartlepool United have issued an update about the proposed takeover of the club.

Hartlepool United release update over takeover talks

Police said a woman was attacked in daylight as she walked along Raby Square, in Hartlepool, towards Chatham Square.

Woman repeatedly punched in face in street attack

Just of the Hartlepool Mail's photos from 20 years ago as Hartlepool United reach the League One play-off final after defeating Tranmere Rovers on penalties.

20 years since dramatic Pools play-off victory

Councillor Gary Allen and Debbie Kershaw, the council’s quality and safety officer, prepare to raise the Seaside Award flag at Seaton Carew.

Seaton Carew lands top award for the quality of its beaches

A man was arrested after a car crashed following an incident beginning in Hartlepool's Burn Road.

Man arrested after speeding car crashes

Police are investigating an aggravated burglary in Cotswold Crescent, Billingham. Picture courtesy of Google Street View.

Man assaulted as raiders steal motorbike in aggravated burglary

A pit bull terrier living in Owton Manor Lane, Hartlepool, is facing destruction after police obtained a court order.

Pit bull terrier faces destruction after police obtain court order

Peterlee Olympic rower Lauren Irwin is presented with her Chairman’s Medal by outgoing Durham County Council chair Councillor Joan Nicholson.

Olympics medal winner receives prestigious award

A Hartlepool train traveller who failed to pay the correct fare is now more than £400 out of pocket.

Hartlepool passenger more than £400 out of pocket for sake of £11 rail fare

Police inquiries are ongoing following the death of a 14-year-old Hartlepool girl at her home.

Two arrested after death of 14-year-old Hartlepool girl

Just some of the stories which were making the news in Hartlepool back in 2004.

Dozens of faces you may know in Hartlepool pictures from 2004

The underground car park at Hartlepool's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre.

Pair's near £600 court bill for smoking in car park

Councillor Gary Allen, far left, and Jill Harrison, the council’s executive director of adult and community-based services, far right, celebrate the "good" rating with some of the council’s adult social care staff and service users.

Town's adult social care services praised in new report

An aerial view of Hartlepool released by the Hartlepool Development Corporation.

Development corporation begins search for new chair

A man who illegally deposited household waste in Hartlepool's Dent Street has been fined.

Town man who dumped household waste is fined

Just some of our images of life in Hartlepool in 2004.

13 more Hartlepool pictures from the nostalgic Noughties

Heather Bolton and Neil Taylor outside Scanlans' solicitors, in Sunderland, which Hartlepool law firm TBI Law has recently acquired.

Respected Hartlepool law firm expands

Just some of the Hartlepool Mail's photos of the VE Day 80th anniversary commemorations in Hartlepool. Pictures by Stuart Norton.

In pictures: How Hartlepool marked VE Day anniversary across town

Left to right, Dan Finney, Hartlepool Sixth Form College's sports academies and partnerships manager; Alex Cross, Hartlepool United's academy manager; Jane Reed, the college's executive head; Joe Monks, Hartlepool United's head of football operations, and Dr Michele di Mascio, the college's head of sports academies.

'Delighted' Pools announce new academy partnership

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