Hartlepool Mail

5 days ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Gavin Ledwith

A motorist has been banned from driving after he was convicted of failing to co-operate with a speeding investigation. William Fenwick, from Hartlepool, was initially accused of breaking the 50 miles per hour limit on a stretch of the A689 on June 1 of last year.

6 days ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Mark Payne

Bodybuilder Adam Foster is bursting with pride after coming third in a prestigious event in Australia. He travelled to the international NABBA Worlds bodybuilding show in Sydney when he competed against fellow musclemen from all over the world. Adam, 34, from Hartlepool, secured his top three finish in the amateur Classic Bodybuilding class. He said: “I was buzzing. The NABBA Worlds is the second most prestigious event after the NABBA Universe show.

1 week ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Mark Payne

A new twinning arrangement between Hartepool and the Royal Navy’s newest warship will be marked at this year’s Armed Forces Day event. The town is officially affiliated to HMS Venturer, a new class of frigate which was launched last week on the River Forth in Scotland, that will patrol oceans around the world. An officer from the ship will attend Hartlepool’s Armed Forces Day event at the National Museum of the Royal Navy on Saturday, June 28, and be presented with a plaque on behalf of the town.

1 week ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Mark Payne

A Hartlepool soldier has spoken for the first time about a horror plunge from a waterfall in Thailand when he believed he was going to die. Liam Gibson suffered life-altering injuries after he slipped and fell from the idyllic Na Muang Waterfall 2, in Koh Samui, while trying to take a photo with girlfriend Lucy Burnett. He was left with multiple shattered bones including to his legs, skull, right eye socket and arm.

1 week ago | hartlepoolmail.co.uk | Mark Payne

A woman has been given an interim criminal behaviour order by a court after pleading guilty to a number of anti-social offences. Georgia Schofield, 26, appeared before Teesside Magistrates’ Court to face seven charges relating to three separate incidents. Four related to her riding an off-road bike on Raby Road in Hartlepool on February 4 this year. Schofield admitted driving while disqualified, driving without due care and attention and using a motor vehicle without third party insurance.