Cleveland Police confirmed: 'Officers from the dog unit pursued and detained a man and a woman, who suffered a small bite injury during detention'

A large fire broke at at Billingham Old Library on Tuesday night

The August inspection of the Lorne Street business was uncomplimentary

Hartlepool councillors have called for improvements to Royal Mail services in the town, after claims delayed letters have seen some residents face court action and miss medical appointments

Objections include concerns around the loss of the land, arguing that solar farms should be built on 'brown field sites and existing commercial and domestic roofs'

Almost £8,000 has been donated to support Donna Hadfield and wife Steph Berry to fly home to Hartlepool from South Africa after a devastating diagnosis

Christopher Learmount, 36, ordered items from builders' merchants fraudulently claiming they were for his Stockton employer

Redcar and Cleveland Council explained that only a small number of employees and incidents were involved

Cleveland Police are at the scene supporting Fire and Rescue colleagues with a fire at Billingham Old Library

Money will be spent on projects from this year onwards

Eisen Vir Raganit, 46, has been jailed for five years after being found guilty of raping a woman

Ryanair is making a significant change to its check-in rules set to come into force later this year, and it's crucial that passengers are aware or face being denied boarding

Alan Charlton, 90, and Joy McCulloch, 74 - both MBE recipients- died after the two-vehicle collision on the A171 near Scaling Dam just before midnight on Friday

The Flaming Tattie has opened at STACK Middlesbrough, and of course there's a Crispy Chicken Parmo version

The first part of the engineering project, in Cowbar, near Staithes, could cost up to £2.2m

A leading officer explained good reasons why the council might not follow its own rules, but highlighted some poor planning or lack of diligence

A leading council officer was surprised by the scale of contracts awarded under exceptions to procedure rules: 'We didn't think it would be that high'

Customers have been sent into a panic after being sent a threatening app message

Aitor Karanka and Leo Percovich posed for selfies and chatted with fans to end the sensational day

Hartlepool councillors are set to discuss potential new legal powers which could ban 'intimidating use of balaclavas and face coverings' that 'conceal identities while engaging in intimidating behaviour'

A 22-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene of the A1 collision involving a silver Ford Transit and a silver Volkswagen Golf

Karen Maitchell, 66, from Darlington, was walking both her dog and granddaughter’s dog when the incident happened :: She is now thanking the 999 crews who saved her life

Ian Teasdale's defence barrister said the defendant "is not able to give an explanation as to where the vehicle is"

Stockton Council says 'the decision has been taken to provide more time for additional information to be considered'

All four admitted their crimes and were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court