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Heat pump grants have been hiked up by 50%. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Lots to celebrate that will help the planet

Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer in her constituency office.

MP pleads for 'illegal migrants' to be expelled

West Park Primary School staff and pupils prepare to celebrate the school's 50th birthday on October 12.

School prepares to celebrate 50th birthday

Combustion engine cars would be banned by 2030 but it has been pushed back to 2035. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Government U-turns are going to cost us

The Prime Minister has unveiled plans to scrap A-levels in a huge shake-up to the UK’s education system. Credit: Carl Court/Getty Images

A-levels and T Levels to be scrapped, Rishi Sunak announces

Hartlepool MP Jill Mortimer.

£20m boost 'levelling up in action' says MP

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

An aerial view of the groundworks construction of the HS2 high speed rail network progresses around the A38 dual-carriageway near Streethay on January 27, 2023 in Lichfield (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Gravy train: £280 million spent on HS2 consultants in years

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

According to a leaked photograp, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Rishi Sunak refuses to guarantee HS2 will link Manchester and London

Liz Truss

Liz Truss defends her record as prime minister in think tank speech

No Boris so now I’m a Celeb is targeting Liz and Dom

Benjamin Netanyahu has been taken to hospital after ‘feeling unwell'

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu hospitalised after ‘feeling unwell’

Boris Johnson earns over £21k an hour for his roles outside of politics

Boris Johnson rakes in over £21k as second job earnings revealed

Lyndsay spoke to the King at the reception.

Hartlepool CEO meets King Charles at Buckingham Palace

Boris Johnson visits Hartlepool to congratulate Jill Mortimer following her 2021 by-election victory .

MP reveals why she abstained from vote on Boris Johnson 'Partygate' report
Hartlepool's MP has explained why she did not take part in a vote on a report which found Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown parties.

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson

MPs find Boris Johnson ‘deliberately misled’ Commons multiple times

Former PM Boris Johnson has been referred to the police by the Cabinet Office over further potential rule breaches during the pandemic. PIC: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Boris Johnson denies new lockdown rule breaking allegations

Hartlepool has been named as a potential location for a possible geothermal plant to help the UK's energy production.

Hartlepool among top locations for deep geothermal plant

A cigar smoked by Sir Winston Churchill in wartime nearly 80 years ago has been found in a jar.

Cigar smoked by Winston Churchill during World War 2 is up for sale

Lab tests have shown vapes confiscated from school students were mostly illegal, and had high levels of lead, nickel and chromium (Photo: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Government announces crackdown on vape adverts targeting children

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson referred to police over new Covid rule breaking claims

Prince Harry and Meghan have been married since 2018. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak speaks out on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle car chase

Students are gearing up for GCSE exams

Quiz: Can you answer these GCSE maths questions

A rare doll with a striking resemblance to a young Boris Johnson could fetch up to £17,000 when it goes under the hammer.

Doll bearing resemblance to a young Boris Johnson going up for auction

Left to right: Cllr Brian Cowie, Maria Seymour, Akshata Murty, Jill Mortimer, Cllr Mike Young and Cllr Veronica Nicholson in Ward Jackson Park.

PM’s wife drops into cafe during visit to town

Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in a childcare agency set to benefit from budget amid investigation

Rishi Sunak declares wife’s shares in firm amid investigation
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared his wife’s shares in childcare company Koru Kids after an investigation was launched

Rishi Sunak could be forced to apologise to the House of Commons is he is found to have breached the MP’s code of conduct (image: Getty Images)

What time is PMQs on today?

Gary Neville mocks former PM Liz Truss on Twitter

Liz Truss to blame ‘woke culture’ for high taxes in fierce comeback speech

Liz Truss turns her attention to ‘woke culture’ in comeback speech

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. (Photo: MARCELLO PATERNOSTRO/AFP via Getty Images)

Silvio Berlusconi has leukaemia and in intensive care

Lyndsay (in the middle) met the Prime Minister during a reception celebrating community champions at Downing Street./Photo: Downing Street

Hartlepool CEO meets Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Downing Street

Former prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home in London. Mr Johnson will give evidence as to whether he knowingly misled Parliament over partygate at a hearing of the Commons Privileges Committee in Portcullis House in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Boris Johnson’s Partygate hearing - Who is on the Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson will give evidence this week on whether he misled parliament during the Partygate scandal

Boris Johnson to give evidence on Partygate this week

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak and family ‘reminded of rules’ by police on dog walk

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak participate in a bilateral meeting during the AUKUS summit on March 13, 2023 in San Diego, California. President Biden hosts British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in San Diego for an AUKUS meeting to discuss the procurement of nuclear-powered submarines under a pact between the three nations. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Joe Biden to visit NI for 25th anniversary of Belfast Agreement

Boris Johnson and his father Stanley

Boris Johnson nominates father for knighthood, according to report

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak welcomes European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen at the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel in Englefield Green, Windsor, Berkshire, ahead of a meeting to discuss a "range of complex challenges" around the Brexit treaty. Picture date: Monday February 27, 2023.

UK and EU agree on Brexit deal for Northern Ireland

King Charles will meet with Ursula von der Leyen, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. Credit: Getty Images

King Charles criticised for decision to meet Ursula von der Leyen

Sir Bernard Ingham arrives in Downing Street to attend a party to celebrate the 85th birthday of Baroness Thatcher on October 14, 2010 (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Sir Bernard Ingham - press secretary to Margaret Thatcher- dies at 90

RCN nurses suspend next week’s strike and enter pay negotiations

Members of the Hartlepool Supporters Group.

Pension campaigners to attend London rally

The podium was only used by Liz Truss on a handful of occasions

Liz Truss: former PM says she wasn’t ‘given a realistic chance’

“The two-day trip covered meetings at both hospital sites.”

JILL MORTIMER: Cutting-edge tech could be on the way to our health trust

The 'blue plaque' commemorating Rishi Sunak's Fixed Penalty on Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool.

Pranksters erect blue plaque at spot where PM was hit with £100 fine

Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with missiles

Taxpayers face huge bill to cover Boris Johnson’s Partygate legal fees

The Prime Minister attempted screen-printing during his visit to Hartlepool and the Northern School of Art last week.

JILL MORTIMER: Fantastic £16.6m cash boost will regenerate town centre

A £20m bid for Levelling Up money to improve Billingham town centre has been rejected.

MP blasts £20m Levelling Up rejection

Police investigate Rishi Sunak for not wearing seatbelt in moving car

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited the Northern School of Art and the Northern Film and TV Studios, in Lynn Street, Hartlepool, on Thursday.

In pictures: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Hartlepool

The podium was only used by Liz Truss on a handful of occasions

Liz Truss’ Jenga-style podium cost taxpayers over £4,000

King Charles III will celebrate his coronation on Saturday 6 May. (Getty Images)

King Charles asks for £1 billion wind farm profits for public

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will step down as leader of her country in February.

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern announces shock resignation

Evelyn Harrison, left, and her Lonely Hearts Club getting ready to set off for London in 1967. They were leaving Hartlepool station on the Cupid Express.

Hartlepool Lonely Hearts Club boss reached out to royalty and the Prime Minister