Politics

Head teachers across the UK should ban mobile phones in the classroom, the Culture Secretary has said.

Councillors have welcomed a £364,000 project coming to Hartlepool to support families to get active and play sport.

At least £1.6m is set to be spent improving Hartlepool’s roads and footpaths after councillors supported how to invest savings.

From Trooping the Colour to marching down the aisle - Queen’s Guardsman Joshua Obeirne had quite a week.

A host of improvements are to be carried out across Hartlepool as part of £1.5 million plans to invest in regeneration, safety and the wellbeing.

Two new areas could be added to locations where enforcement officers have the powers to take action against owners who fail to take control of their dogs.

Hartlepool MP Mike Hill has hit out at the Government’s “shambles” flagship benefit scheme after it was criticised in a damning official report.

The Government's flagship benefit scheme has not delivered value for money, its roll out has been slower than intended and has caused hardship for many people, according to a damning official report.

Hartlepool MP Mike Hill has explained why he chose to defy his own party leader and voted against attempts to keep the UK in the European Economic Area after Brexit.

Hartlepool will have its say on whether balloon and Chinese lantern releases should be allowed in a bid to protect the environment.

A North East MP has vowed to keep up pressure on the Government to take action to make the A19 safer.

A consultation is being planned that could see balloon and Chinese lantern releases banned in areas of Hartlepool.

Hartlepool’s roads and pavements could be improved as councillors decide on ways to use a significant budget saving.

It's one year today since we headed to the polls for the general election - so we wanted to know if the last 12 months have changed your vote.

My first thoughts on writing this week’s column are of course with Richard Lee. To undergo the nightmare of the possibility that the body of your two-year-old daughter might be found after almost 37 years on a German riverbank is one thing; to discover that is not the case is another.

Traffic lights at a busy Hartlepool intersection have been upgraded by highway officials.