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Great North City Games 2019 An established highlight in an action-packed sporting weekend, the Great North City Games is staged the day before Britain’s biggest running event, the Simply health Great North Run. For the first time in 2019 the Great North City Games will come to Tees Valley, where thousands are expected to enjoy this incredible spectacle in the heart…

Looking for something to do in the Tees Valley? Look no further than the festival of thrift over at Kirkleatham museum, Redcar. In its sixth year. The festival of thrift was first set up in 2013 over at Lingfield point, Darlington. The festival was an instant success and has grown every year since. With stalls ranging from home and craft,…

The population of Middlesbrough is growing all the time and this can only mean one thing. More houses, more houses and more houses!! This will attract new people to our town and also ensure natives don’t move out for other jobs/housing. The brochure entitled ‘Middlesbrough – Housing Growth’, presented at the Riverside Stadium lists 59 housing sites. Some of these new…

Middlesbrough town hall has been a central figure to Middlesbrough since its official opening by the Prince and Princess of Wales in 1889, however its legacy goes long before and after this. Opening in 1846 on its original site of St. Hilda’s marketplace (now Middlehaven) it was the centre of the vibrant upcoming town. As Middlesbrough grew the town needed…