
Gareth Lightfoot
Local Democracy Reporter at Teesside Live
Local democracy reporter at @TeessideLive. “Excellent reportage” - Mark Hanna; “Sh**e to the eyeballs” - former deputy editor. Views mine and wrong.
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1 week ago |
thenorthernecho.co.uk | Gareth Lightfoot
Julie Wilkinson outside Teesside Magistrates' Court where an employment tribunal is being heard. Picture: LDR. A former firefighter has told an employment tribunal she lost trust and faith in most of the brigade and felt “I was on my own”. Julie Wilkinson said she was “past myself” and “desperate” when she was on sick leave with stress and anxiety.
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1 week ago |
thenorthernecho.co.uk | Gareth Lightfoot
Leaders have agreed a new “hybrid” system for affordable housing – homes for sale or rent at discounted rates for people whose needs are not met by the private market – at a Stockton Council cabinet meeting. They approved plans to use five sites on Raleigh Road, Londonderry Road, Stirling House, Parkside House and Thornaby Baths to deliver between 67 and 114 new homes.
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1 week ago |
thenorthernecho.co.uk | Gareth Lightfoot
Miller Homes says its proposed development could bring more than 400 jobs. It says it is consulting on “proposals to create a sustainable addition to the Wolviston community”. It is planning to build two to five-bedroom homes, including some bungalows, affordable homes and open space, on land east of Wolviston Road.
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1 week ago |
thenorthernecho.co.uk | Gareth Lightfoot
Stockton Council has been asked for planning permission for 52 more car parking spaces, including three electric vehicle charging points, and a new access footpath with landscaping at the Grangefield Academy on Oxbridge Avenue, Stockton. The plan proposes a “more strategic parking area” to ease congestion in residential streets and tackle parking, nuisance and road safety issues.
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2 weeks ago |
msn.com | Sarah Barltrop |Gareth Lightfoot
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A three-hour meeting thrashed out numerous concerns about Stockton Council’s changes to car parking, care at home and waste collection, with a number of rethinks called for and going to the vote. https://t.co/ppX1aNQJjw

Correction: Stockton West turnout was 67.8%