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Sophie Lewis (centre) is pictured at her graduation with dad Stephen Lee and mum Denise Lee.

Family continues fundraising campaign in memory of husband and father

Sophie Lewis (left) and her friend Shannon doing the Boxing Day Dip.

Family’s ongoing support for ‘amazing’ air ambulance charity

Kerrie Whelan (left), headteacher at Endeavour Academy, and Melissa Garrett, programme manager at Young Enterprise.

Peterlee academy reaches new heights

Gridmark Survey team, who are based in Castle Eden.

Surveying firm announces recruitment drive

Lee Blake, head teacher at Dene House Primary School, celebrates their latest Ofsted report alongside pupils.

Inspectors praise school where pupils are happy and thriving

Dancing, hay bales and a day filled with fun at Hawthorns for Cowboy Day.

Care home residents enjoy a Cowboy Day party - complete with pony!

A property on East View, in Easington, has been boarded up after a car crashed into the home on Saturday, September 26.

Home boarded up following crash

Members of the public are invited along to weekly coffee mornings at Peterlee's Hawthorns Care Home.

Public invited for a cuppa at weekly memory café

The mounds of shredded household waste at Hart Quarry.

Inquiry begins as illegal waste dump closed down

Co-founder of PadelPriv, in Peterlee, Josh Crawford.

Peterlee’s first padel court opens to the public

Sean Forster has died following a motorcycle collision.

Tributes to 'devoted' dad after his death in motorcycle crash

Ian Pascoe was one of two men to die at Seaton Carew along with Wayne Taylor.

Inquests open into tragic beach deaths

Pictured front left is Les Todd, Durham County Council site manager, and front right is Mick Little, chief operating officer for Ascent Academies' Trust. Hope Wood Academy head, Adele Pearson, is standing middle back.

Specialist school opens fourth site in East Durham

Flowers left at Seaton Carew beach in tribute to Wayne Taylor and Ian Pascoe.

Family of second man in beach tragedy pay tribute after 'devastating loss'

The property in Peterlee where three men were found sleeping on the floor among a mountain of rubbish.

Landlord fined £40,000 over unsafe housing conditions

Teacher Ryan Gooch with pupils.

Former pupil receives award after first year at old school
Relaxed, funny and super respected – that’s how Ryan Gooch’s students describe him.
Sarah Dale

Ian Pascoe, and another man, lost their lives after trying to help children in difficulty off Seaton beach where flowers have been left.

Tribute to grandad, 62, who died trying to save kids in sea

Road to recovery: Lauren and Graeme Coxon.

Couple's £2,000 thanks for Hartlepool hospital chemo unit

Roy Simpson's widow Cynthia presenting the trophy to winning team captain Graeme Lee of Spike's Sloggers.

Charity cricket match a smashing success

Former Hartlepool United manager Craig Hignett at last year's Roy Simpson MBE charity cricket match.

Former Pools stars confirmed for charity cricket match

John Appleby, headteacher of Easington Church of England Primary School, celebrates a positive Ofsted report along with pupils Alice, Oliver, Faith, Joseph, Katie and Cassius.

Headteacher ‘incredibly proud’ of school’s Ofsted report

Youngsters at Peterlee Cricket Club with new equipment.

Cricket club bowled over by charity's first donation

Councillor Dawn Saunders is now an independent member for Peterlee.

Councillor leaves Reform UK to become an independent member

Paul Farrell with his new fantasy book The Archon Saga which will be available to buy on April 24.

Author counts down to his new fantasy book's release this week

Hayley Vout, general sales manager at Vertu Hyundai Peterlee, has been awarded Vertu’s Sales Manager of the Year.

Car sales manager receives prestigious company award

The scene of a house fire at a derelict property on Eighth Street, in Horden, on Saturday, February 28.

Firefighters tackle blaze at derelict house

Resident and gentleman at Grampian Court Care Home celebrating Valentine’s Day

Small Gestures, Big Smiles: Grampian Court Care Home Marks Random Acts of Kindne...
On Random Acts of Kindness Day, Grampian Court Care Home in Peterlee celebrated the power of kindness with a heartwarming Valentine’s event that brought the community together and created unforgettable memories for residents.
Emma Hird

Teesside Crown Court

Woman took nearly £50,000 from town landscape business

Julie Briggs, 55, shed five stone and ten pounds in 15 months thanks to Slimming World.

Woman loses nearly six stone with Slimming World

Just some of the thousands of Hartlepool and Peterlee residents who have appeared in the pages of the Mail over the last 35 more years.

Your neighbourhood: 17 great retro photos of Hartlepool residents

Alan Bradley and brother David are proud to run Hardwicke Hall Manor Hotel.

Family celebrates 40 years running top North East hotel

John Dean serves up a cup of tea.

Man secures ‘dream job’ after conquering severe stammer

Last year's Light Up A Life service at St Paul's, Hartlepool.

Alice House Hospice’s Light Up a Life Appeal in Partnership with Victoria House ...

Holly Leighton and Emma Robinson welcomed twins Hudson and Finley Leighton to the world on Thursday, November 13, shortly after 11pm.

Peterlee mums welcome ‘miracle boys’ to the world

HC-One’s Grampian Court Care Home’s pompom Christmas tree in progress

Grampian Court Care Home unveils unique pom-pom Christmas tree

NSK's two Peterlee factories could close with the lose of 350 jobs.

350 jobs at risk of axe at two factories

Our Lady of the Rosary Primary has been rated 'Good' overall by CSI.

Pupils ‘very proud’ of Peterlee school rated ‘Outstanding’ for Catholic life

HC-One’s Jack Dormand Care Home Remembrance Day display

Jack Dormand Care Home residents collaborate with students on Remembrance Day de...

Four-year-old Arora Potter has Spinal muscular atrophy, a rare genetic muscular disorder.

Peterlee pub landlord holds funday to raise money for charity close to his heart

Teigan Wilson, Neve Clark and Medhuja Kayan celebrate their GCSE results on Thursday, August 21.

Happy students at St Bede’s Catholic School celebrate their GCSE results

Solar farm plans have been unveiled for land north of Peterlee Industrial Estate.

New solar farm could be the size of 35 football pitches

Nervous students and families arrived at St Bede’s Catholic School and Byron Sixth Form College, in County Durham, early on Thursday, August 14, to open their brown envelopes.

Proud students at Peterlee sixth form college celebrate A-level results

Isaac Smith & Esme Sinclair

Proud A level students celebrate the results of their hard work

Macie Sinclair, from St. Wilfrid’s RC College accepting her award from Paralympic swimmer, Lyndon Longhorne, and Dame Maura Regan, Education Advisor at the Edwin Group.

Trust pupils celebrate success at North East United Awards

Left to right, BCCET director Chris Zarraga presents the Secondary Teacher of the Year award to Daniel Wilson.

'Exceptionally dedicated' teacher scoops award

Dene Academy held its 2025 prom night at Ramside Hall.

12 photos from Dene Academy's 2025 prom night

Do you recognise any of these factory scenes from Hartlepool and East Durham?

13 factory scenes across the decades

Hundreds of homes across Hartlepool and East Durham were without power last night (June 20) as the region was hit by a power cut.

Northern Powergrid explain cause of mass power cut

Lesley Powell has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the King's Birthday Honours list.

School leader becomes a dame in King's Birthday Honours

Retired Peterlee nurse Valerie Wells was one of just two patients to undergo a a “revolutionary heart procedure” at The James Cook University Hospital. Valerie is pictured alongside cardiology consultant Dr Paul Williams.

Retired Peterlee nurse praises ‘revolutionary’ heart surgery

Gillian Reid, wellbeing co-ordinator at HC-One’s Orchard Mews Care Home

Care home’s Gillian in skydive for dementia charity

John and Pat Hirst during happier times. John will walk through the region this May to help fund vital dementia research in the North East.

Husband walking for dementia research

Letizia Taylor, Nurse Associate at HC-One’s Jack Dormand Care Home

Peterlee Nurse Associate shares her passion for working in social care on Intern...

Sunderland legend and former Pools boss Kevin Phillips was the guest speaker at the foundation's official launch last week.

New foundation going into bat for next generation of local cricketers

Andrea Ramshaw, clinical lead nurse at Bannatyne Lodge Care Home, after winning the Social Care Nurse Award at The Great British Care Awards.

Care home nurse wins national award

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