Nic Marko

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Nic Marko

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2 weeks ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Nic Marko

Ambitious plans to expand an established business park to include new housing and employment space have received a boost. North-East property development company Hellens Group previously lodged two planning applications as part of its proposals for the Queens Meadow Business Park, off the A689, in Hartlepool. The first of these sought to secure outline approval to build up to 210 properties, comprising a mix of two, three and four-bedroomed homes, on land to the east of the site.

2 weeks ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Nic Marko

Labour chiefs in Hartlepool have announced that council tax is to be frozen next year to help ease financial pressures on families in the borough. The planned freeze for 2026-27 comes after close collaboration between town MP Jonathan Brash, Hartlepool Borough Council leader Councillor Brenda Harrison and government ministers.

2 weeks ago | shieldsgazette.com | Nic Marko

Town hall chiefs have provided an update on steps taken to install sanitary bins in male toilets across the borough after a South Tyneside councillor bravely shared details of his own experience with cancer. A motion was approved at an authority-wide meeting of South Tyneside Council earlier this year to promote Prostate Cancer UK’s ‘Boys Need Bins’ campaign.

2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Nic Marko

Bar allowed to operate after appeal to inspectorNic MarkoLocal Democracy Reporting ServiceGoogleThe bar, pictured with its shutters down, rebranded as Screams Court 2.0 in AprilA bid to prevent a town centre bar from operating has been overturned by a government inspector. Hartlepool Borough Council had rejected an application for a bar at The Intro, on York Road, in November due to concerns from councillors over a potential increase in crime and noise.