Hartlepool

38-year-old Martin Casey died in James Cook Hospital after a crash at a roundabout in Hartlepool on Tuesday evening.

Alan Forcer, 40, had been treated by the Combat Stress charity but was told the service was being redesigned and that he would be transferred to an NHS group.

Hartlepool Borough Council launched the investigation into councillor Gordon Cranney after it emerged he was re-elected a week after pleading guilty to assault.