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The Billingham International Folklore Festival of World Dance has received a £30,000 grant from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants programme.

North East festival receives £30,000 grant for new theatrical adventure

SIDEQUEST director Aaron Bowman outside The BIS in Whitby Street.

Creative wins funding to bring pop up arts project to the town

West View Primary School pupils celebrate their Artsmark Gold award with class teacher and art and design lead Rachael Johnson.

Primary school strikes gold with national award

Diane Stephens, Heugh Battery Museum manager.

£500,000 conservation works nearing end at battery museum

Paddle Steamer the Wingfield Castle, moored at the Museum of Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Specialist contractor sought for £1.8m Wingfield Castle restoration

Tim Bailey from Xsite Architecture (yellow hat) shows visitors from Museum Development North around the Heugh Battery Museum.

Museum winning the battle to preserve historic site

Pictured with their library cards at Seaton Carew Community Hub are, from left, Hartlepool Borough Council's executive director of adult and community-based services Jill Harrison, Seaton Carew ward councillor Sue Little, Ceremonial Mayor of Hartlepool Councillor Carole Thompson, Mayor Consort Councillor Phil Holbrook, leader of Hartlepool Borough Council Brenda Harrison, Seaton Carew ward councillor Leisa Smith and chair of Hartlepool Borough Council's Adult and Community-Based Services Committee Gary Allen.

Seaton Carew Community Hub opens to the public

Repairs are already in full swing at the Heugh Battery Museum, in Moor Terrace, Hartlepool, and are expected to last until the end of the summer. Pictured is Diane Stephens, manager of the Heugh Battery Museum.

Major conservation works begin at Heugh Battery museum

From February 3 2025, schools across the country can have access to A Midsummer Night’s Dream as part of the RSC’s free schools’ broadcast programme.

Royal Shakespeare Company brings performance of The Tempest to Hartlepool

Looking forward to the transformation of Seaton Carew Library is, from left, Councillor Gary Allen and library staff and users Denise Sparrowhawk, Jennifer Elwine, Jenny Nicol, Karen Kloed, Matthew Picken, Mary Smurthwaite and Margaret Gregory.

Seaton Carew library closes for four months

Hartlepool Art Gallery Curator Angela Thomas and John Bulmer at the exhibition of his work.

Famous photos to stay in town permanently

Diane Stephens at a section of the Heugh gun battery that is in need of repair. Picture by FRANK REID

Battery museum secures £500,000 boost

The BIS, in Whitby Street, Hartlepool.

Hartlepool Creative Business Week launches

Hartlepool Rovers Football Club. Picture by FRANK REID

Chance to design ladies rugby club’s new shirt

Barnard Grove Primary School staff, from left, Helen Reed and Naomi Tones with pupils Elsie Graham, Samuel Holtham and Charles Bullock with items of art work created by themselves and fellow pupils at the school. Picture by FRANK REID

'Real team effort' as Hartlepool school earns prestigious arts award

Hartlepool's Borough Hall could close for up to a year.

Why popular Hartlepool venue could close for up to a year
A popular Hartlepool venue could be set to close for a year as part of plans to renovate the site.
Nic Marko

Hartlepool's Borough Hall.

'Music, dance, comedy and pantomime' planned as part of Hartlepool venue's £3m r...

The monkey sculptures lined up at the auction.

Monkey business helps raise vital funds for Hartlepool charity

The "City of Light, City of Stories" lantern Display lights up College Green.

Lumiere 2021 hailed a success after 140,000 visit spectacle

Hartlepool is losing out on lottery cash for the arts

Hartlepool is a loser in arts funding lottery

National Poetry Day takes place on an annual basis, celebrating and embracing poetry in all its forms, encouraging others to do the same (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when National Poetry Day 2020 will take place - and how to get involved

Why funding problems are now ‘massive’ for arts centres

Norfolk Street Studios will host the finished pieces of art in a month-long private exhibition.

Coronavirus project searches for artist

Theatre company increases free podcasts of its hit plays

Ice dancer Vanessa Bauer

These Dancing on Ice stars are set to stun at this year's international dance fe...

Church Street, Hartlepool

Pop-up ‘talking shop’ set to launch in Hartlepool’s Church Street

A report has been published by IPPR North. Pictures: PA and JPI Media.

Lost jobs, lower wages and families in poverty: How the North of England has bee...
The North of England has been hit hardest by cuts in public spending, as a report reveals that millions live in poverty across this area of the country.
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Children join in the pirate event at Crimdon Dene during the summer.

Culture club celebrates as it is given the cash go ahead for three more years

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