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Grandad At Large: A trip to The Kinks musical isn't the hit it might have been

Grandad At Large: A trip to The Kinks musical isn't the hit it might have been

FROM the distant perspective of my younger days, I always thought being a grandad would be relaxing. I expected to potter rather than dash. Well,...

20.11.2025 4

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Peter Barron

Ben Houchen gives update on Jet2 negotiations after plane spotted at Teesside Airport

Ben Houchen has issued an update on negotiations with airlines in a bid to secure new flights from Teesside Airport. The Tees Valley Mayor has long...

18.10.2025 3

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Adam Foster

Ben Houchen on AI, data centres and how ex-SSI site could become next Silicon Valley

Teesside might be worlds away from the headquarters of Apple and Tesla - but Mayor Ben Houchen thinks the former Redcar steelworks could be the...

15.10.2025 10

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Alex Oleary

Ben Houchen on losing 'community anchor' SSI and avoiding a repeat of history

“It was like the HBO series Chernobyl. Everybody had been told to get up off the seat and leave, and you still had cups and jackets on the back of...

14.10.2025 8

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Alex Oleary

Grandad At Large: itching to get back home after Italian island holiday

I DON’T know what it is about my blood, but mosquitos love it – never more so than during a recent holiday with my wife to the Italian island of...

11.10.2025 6

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Peter Barron