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Middleton Grange shopping centre car park on Park Road. Picture by FRANK REID

Free parking in run up to Christmas

Some of the scenes from Middleton Grange shopping centre from the early 2000s.

23 retro photos of Middleton Grange from the early 2000s

Left to right: Alice House senior managers Greg Hildreth, Julie Hildreth and Co-CEO Nicola Haggan, and Simon Corbett, founder of Orangebox Training Solutions.

Sell out dinner raises £16,000 for Alice House Hospice

Smith & Friends Estate Agents, in York Road, Hartlepool.

Estate agency changes name after two-year transformation

12-14 Church Street Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Student accommodation plans refused

Staff member Ashlyn O'Donnell in the award-winning ladies' toilets at Wetherspoon's Ward Jackson pub, in Church Square, Hartlepool. Picture and caption by FRANK REID.

Pub triumphs in Loo of the Year Awards

Company founder Amelia Pearce with her Monkey Hanger gin.

Expat's Monkey Hanger Co firm launches Black Friday sale

Former Havelock Day Centre. Picture via Google Maps.

Offer for former day centre land

Tesco Extra on Belle Vue Way, Hartlepool.

Every little helps for food bank

Steel Benders UK's managing director Tania Cooper, second right, shows Cllr Mike Young, the leader of Hartlepool Borough Council, far right, around the new site with operations director Phil Anderson, second left, and finance manager Ashleigh Glass, far left. Pictures: Tom Banks/Rephrase.

Jobs boost as steel firm moves to Hartlepool

What new bungalows in Dumfries Road, Hartlepool could look like. Rendered by BDN (Building Design Northern).

Dementia friendly bungalows plan submitted

Wesley Chapel fire damage. Picture by FRANK REID

Extent of Wesley fire damage revealed

24 Church Street, Hartlepool, pic via Google Maps.

Plans for seven-bed HMO lodged

A first look inside Hartlepool's newly refurbished Grand Hotel.

15 pictures inside refurnished Grand Hotel

Funeral service arrangers Julia Masshedar and Corina Callan with a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child.

Time to get packing for festive appeal

Left to right: Irene Southern (Head Housekeeper), Nathan Longthorne (General Manager) and Brian Keane CEO Otway Capital outside of The Grand Hotel. Picture by FRANK REID

Grand Hotel reopens after three years
Hartlepool’s iconic Grand Hotel has reopened and is due to begin welcoming its first guests again soon following a £1 million refurbishment.

Left to right: Josh Bearby, Sam Bullock, Ben Hogg and Liam Burns with Chris King and Chris Mosley outside the lab. (Picture: Hartlepool College of Further Education)

College and hydraulic firm strike up partnership

Hartlepool Enterprise Centre in Brougham Terrace.

Council looking for someone to lease enterprise centre

Paula Tempest and Nicola Winwood of Alice House Hospice.

Make a will and help hospice

Work taking place this week to renovate Wesley Chapel in the centre of Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Updated Wesley Chapel plans lodged by building's owners

Parkers Bakers, on the Park View Industrial Estate, Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Bakery plunged into administration

Peter Dixon of GE Vernova (left) and Dogger Bank project director Olly Cass in front of wind turbine blades at Able Seaton Port, Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Town’s key role in world’s largest offshore wind farm

Hartlepool convenience stores have seen the impact of a rise in shoplifting.

Shops' daily battle against shoplifters

Oliver Jackson-Cohen in Jackdaw, which has been filmed in Hartlepool's Northern Studios.

Movie filmed in Hartlepool’s Northern Studios set for premiere

Hartlepool's former Wilko store. Picture by FRANK REID

Leaders react to ‘sad’ Wilko closure

The former Saxon pub site in Hartlepool, which has since been converted into a shopping parade.

Micro beer and wine bar approved at shopping parade

Hartlepool's Mark Lloyd (centre) collecting his award at the UK Jewellery Awards.

Mark is the best bespoke jeweller in the UK
A Hartlepool master goldsmith has been named Bespoke Jewellery Retailer for 2023 at the UK’s most prestigious jewellery awards.

Harrison Smith has moved into new office at Greenbank, Hartlepool./Photo: Tom Banks

Former Hartlepool United academy player sets up office in town

Joanne Benford (left) of Book Art Emporium makes her pitch to the panel.

Businesses win free space and support after Dragons' Den style event

The unit at Symmetry Park

Butternut Box shows commitment to Doncaster with 133,606 sq ft expansion

Mark Sanders sewing in his shop, She knits, He Sews, in Murray Street. Picture by FRANK REID

Couple open ‘living’ sewing and knitting shop after moving from Scandinavia

King Johns Tavern, in Hartlepool town centre is up for sale. Picture by FRANK REID

Town centre pub up for sale

Ashleigh Sweeney, Operations Manager at J&B Recycling, has been shortlisted for a national award.

Recycling company worker shortlisted for national award

"We'll meet again:" Diane Hay, the new owner of Glady's Vintage Tea Room./Photo: Frank Reid

Glady’s Vintage Tea Room welcomes customers back

The FSI Business Fives team with MIles For Men members including founder Micky Day (far right).

Plant workers raise hundreds for Miles For Men

The popular restaurant confirmed it had stopped trading in a Facebook post on Sunday, August 27.

Restaurant announces closure after soaring energy costs

Nuthatch is one of two elevated treehouses at The Nest holiday let development in County Durham

Inside new treehouses at The Nest rural retreat, catering for staycation breaks

A Your NRG truck for the new gas-to-liquid fuel. (Photo: Focal Point Photography)

Oil distributor's new partnership with Shell

Demolition of the former car valet centre on Stockton Road, Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Alcohol licence bid for new petrol station

Scaffolding around the Grand Hotel as it undergoes a full refurbishment. Picture by FRANK REID

Further Grand Hotel plans outlined

The Barclays cash machine (centre) was still in use during July's Hartlepool Tall Ships Races. Picture by FRANK REID

Town hospitality boss unhappy at marina ATM removal

Middleton Grange Shopping Centre has confirmed part of Market Hall have been closed./Photo: Frank Reid

Parts of shopping centre's Market Hall closed

Hartlepool Power Station. Picture by FRANK REID

Nuclear trade association praises Hartlepool Power Station

Synapse has partnered with National World (image: Synapse)

Synapse partners with National World to create new opportunities

Hartlepool Power Station is marking 40 years since connecting to the UK electricity grid.

Hartlepool Power Station turns 40

The Saxon shopping parade on Easington Road, Hartlepool.

Tanning salon and hairdressers bid at parade

Hartlepool steel coil storage facility receives its first shipments.

Port steel terminal welcomes first shipments

Gary Olvanhill (left) and Pat Garrett of the Crafty Monkey Brewing Company at the Tall Ships Races in Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Local brewery invited to top beer festival

Clockwise from top left: Glady's Vintage Tea Rooms, The Vestry, Cooper's of Elwick and Surfside.

Eight places to get afternoon tea in Hartlepool

Hartlepool railway station on Saturday, July 8.

Passenger numbers during Tall Ships revealed

Demolition of the former car valeting centre on Stockton Road, Hartlepool.

Vandal-hit car valet centre demolished

Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer (centre) presses the button to start the production process at STRABAG. Photo: Frank Reid

Production of HS2 segments begins at Hartlepool factory

Hartlepool Working Men’s Club, King Oswy Drive, Hartlepool. Pic via Google Maps.

Social club wins permission to vary its licence

Paul Gough (right) talks to John Barnes during the two-day seminar.

Physio coach’s name up in lights

Darab Rezai inside the former kitchen of the Staincliffe Hotel./Photo: Frank Reid

Staincliffe Hotel restaurant to reopen ‘within a week’