Two secondary schools in town are banning skirts as part of a change in uniform policy that is set to come into force next ...

Police are appealing for information after a teenager allegedly assaulted a 12-year-old boy in Hartlepool before stealing his ...

An investigation is now underway after the council received a number of reports that dead fish had been spotted in a park ...

Watch as the Met Office explains the possibility of another heatwave on the way, with temperatures potentially reaching the mid 30s.