Architectural impression of the Graythorp Energy Centre building, Hartlepool, which has been granted planning permission. 

The plant, planned for a 15-acre site south of Seaton Carew, will generate electricity by processing industrial and domestic waste. 50% of the power will be classed as renewable.  

Plans approved for £230m power plant in Hartlepool

Staff from the University Hospital of Hartlepool created a video encouraging the local community to follow the two-metre rule.

Hartlepool health workers plea as COVID-19 cases spike

Tom Harvey passed away peacefully, a week before his birthday. The 86-year-old grandfather, from Hartlepool, tested positive for COVID-19.


Referee who dedicated 50 years to football dies after contracting coronavirus

The officer feared he would 'be killed' after Paul Morton twice reversed his 4x4 into the patrol car in Hartlepool, in October.


Man sentenced to two years in prison for injuring a police officer

Tata Steel has announced that it plans to cut 1000 jobs in the UK as part of wider restructuring proposals.

Tata Steel to cut 1000 UK jobs in restructuring plan

Heidi Robinson admitted posing as Katrice, who vanished on her second birthday in 1981.

Woman pleads guilty to impersonating missing Katrice Lee

A body was found inside a property in Charterhouse Street on Sunday.

Man arrested on suspicion of murder in Hartlepool

Rice, who won the singing show All Together Now last year, said previously that he hoped to improve the UK's reputation at the contest.


Disappointment for Michael Rice as Europe snubs UK at Eurovision

A group of cabin owners in Middleton, Hartlepool are at risk of losing their community after 70 years, as council pulls lease subsidy.

Hartlepool cabin community under threat after 70 years

The 21-year-old will sing the track Bigger Than Us at the continent-wide competition in Tel Aviv in May. 


Hartlepool singer to represent UK at Eurovision song contest

Torbjorn Kettlewell will serve a minimum term of 29 years in prison for murdering the mum of three Kelly Franklin in Hartlepool.


Man given life sentence for killing mum-of-three in street

Kelly Franklin was stabbed more than 30 times by Torbjorn Kettlewell in Hartlepool last year.

Jury finds lovers guilty of killing mum-of-three in street

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

EuroMillions winners to donate to a Hartlepool community football club

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

Pedestrian 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.

Tyne Tees Hartlepool