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Councillor Karen Oliver, chair of Hartlepool Borough Council’s neighbourhood services committee, has welcomed the illegal tobacco and disposable vapes raids.

Thousands of bootleg cigarettes and illegal vapes seized

Watch: Man jailed in crackdown on drug dealing

The average sufferer will experience the equivalent of 1,350 days of pain over 450 periods

7 in 10 women will experience period pain for equivalent of four years

A 49-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two women, injuring others and killing a dog on Christmas Day.

Christmas Day massacre: Forensics investigate double murder scene

The Skull On Oxford Road - a true crime documentary now available on Shots! TV

Watch: Grim mystery of human skull found in skip revisited in TV show

Cleveland Fire Brigade closed South Road, in Hartlepool, on Sunday, September 22, at around 5.30pm as they dealt with a basement fire.

Road closed as emergency services tackle blaze

Two million crimes went unsolved in a single year in Britain, according to the latest Home Office data (Photos by National World/Adobe Stock)

‘Unpunished crime undermines the whole system of justice’

Yussuf Mohamed Mire, 35, performing a "dangerous" U-turn to escape officers in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Mercedes driver flees cops with "dangerous" U-turn in busy town centre

Great Ormond Street Hospital has launched an urgent review after concerns were raised over the practice of a former surgeon.

Family question hospital after teen's death amid surgeon probe

Jordan Moray went missing from his home in Cwmbach, Aberdare, and his mother has issued a desperate plea for Jordan to make contact.

Jordan Moray disappearance: My son mysteriously vanished a year ago

NCA seize cannabis hauls at UK airports and arrest smugglers.

Watch: NCA seize cannabis hauls at UK airports and arrest smugglers

Deraj Meade being arrested by armed police.

Watch: Armed police tackle gunman who opened fire outside nightclub

William with his mum Mihaela and dad Simon. William Howard, nine, was told by doctors his initial symptom, a twitch in his right leg, could be down to stress from playing Minecraft but in fact he has a rare and deadly disease.

We thought Minecraft was making our son ill but he had deadly disease

Stock image of Police Scotland

Police officers Taser boy, 11, after knife stand-off in South Ayrshire

Figures for reported concerns over abuse and neglect have been revealed in a new report

1,600 concerns of abuse and neglect reported in area's care homes

Plans will see hubs deliver various scans, from CT scans to mammograms (Photo: Shutterstock)

The NHS is considering high street cancer test centres to catch early cases - he... Sarah Wilson

Fact-checking the election: fake newspapers and a squirrel hoax

Fact-checking the election campaign: online ads, fake Twitter accounts and docto...

The Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team confirmed it was called to a possible oil spill. Picture: Hartlepool Coastguard Rescue Team.

Investigations continue into possible oil spill on coast between Seaham and Hart...

Teddie McCallum with parents David and Sarah.

Teddie’s own neuroblastoma battle to help others as community rallies to help ca...

A police unit at the scene

Three arrests after Hartlepool street is cordoned off by police over report of a...

The canoe washed up at Banjo Pier, Hartlepool.

Coastguard appeal over washed up canoe at Hartlepool

Hartlepool Borough Council closed the ramp after the damage.

Damaged Hartlepool sea defences set to be repaired after being battered by the H...

The body was found in Peterlee yesterday morning

Death of 31-year-old man found in woods not suspicious say police

The incident happened in Londonderry Terrace, Easington Colliery. Image copyright Google Maps.

Report of burglary leads police to uncover cannabis farm

The cannabis farm which could have produced drugs worth Â£486,000 a year.

Pair ordered to pay back ill-gotten gains from Hartlepool cannabis farm

'Jailbait-lover' loses bid for lighter sentence over 'sick' child porn and anima...
A pervert who was jailed after he was caught with photos of children doctored to become pornographic must serve his sentence, appeal judges ruled.
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