Tyne Tees Hartlepool

Frances and Patrick Connolly, from Northern Ireland, lived in Hartlepool for 25 years and plan to give money to St Francis football club

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 37-year-old pedestrian was hit by a van in Hartlepool.

Project Bloodhound, which aimed to break the land speed world record, has been scrapped after efforts to secure investors failed.

A man has been charged with murder after the death of Kelly Franklin in Hartlepool.

A nine-year-old from Newcastle has been spending her summer holidays leading a foodbank collection for youngsters in Hartlepool.

Firefighters are dealing with two separate woodland fires. One is at Hurworth Burn, near Hartlepool, and the other is near Lanchester.

Five fire crews were called to The Front to tackle a fire at the old Longscar Centre.

South Shields-born Sir Ridley Scott paid tribute to his former teachers at Hartlepool College of Art in his acceptance speech.

Police and fire crews were called to Abdeil House on Slake Terrace in Hartlepool on Saturday night (10th February)

A dog has been shot dead after it was found tied to a telegraph post in the freezing cold.