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This Week in Billingham

Billingham is buzzing with a mix of positive news and developments this week! A significant highlight is the BAFTA nomination for Sheridan Smith's portrayal of inspirational Billingham mum Ann Ming, a

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Memoir recalls North Yorkshire family's move to help open North East mine century ago

A memoir written by Blanche Sayers in her 80th year about her family's move from Loftus to Billingham in 1928 to help open the ICI Anhydrite Mine will be shared publicly for the first time at a specia

Darlington & Stockton Times·1d ago
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Plan for Airbnb holiday let for five guests at Billingham home submitted

The council is considering the retrospective plan for a 'responsibly managed' short-term accommodation for up to five guests

Teesside Gazette·3d ago
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Billingham man 'in a state' pulled trousers down and exposed himself at police station

Michael Baker exposed himself to members of the public and staff in a police station

Teesside Gazette·6d ago
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'It's like The Day of the Triffids': Billingham youngster grows sunflower over 11ft tall

The mammoth bloom just keeps on growing in the family garden

Teesside Gazette·18 Aug
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The last dance

The Last Dance hits The Swan, Billingham! Get ready for a huge night of Bounce & Makina, bringing high-energy beats, MCs and DJs to the dancefloor

Skiddle·16 Aug
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Billingham dad smashed up BMW before balaclava gang sprayed him in accelerant and set him alight

Lewis Setchell from Billingham has been jailed after the incident in April on Seaton Lane in Hartlepool

Teesside Gazette·16 Aug
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Pulses set to race when Dreamboys World Tour comes to Billingham

The Billingham Forum Theatre will play host to the renowned show that is definitely for adults only.

Teesside Gazette·13 Aug
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Billingham International Folklore Festival clinches £30,000 grant to stage new theatre project

The Tapestry of Voices is a window into a world that has shaped our life

Teesside Gazette·10 Aug
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Billingham school to get new enclosed games area after council approval

The project was described by one councillor as 'not before time'

Teesside Gazette·9 Aug
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Driver injured after Smart car collides with truck in Billingham

The 67-year-old woman was taken to hospital and police are appealing for witnesses

Teesside Gazette·7 Aug
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Air ambulance airlifts injured child to RVI after incident in Billingham

Paramedics treated the child near Gisburn Road in Billingham after being called to the scene on Thursday morning

Teesside Gazette·6 Aug
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Transport firm applies to operate vehicle from North East base - public notice

A & R Burnett Limited has applied for permission to operate a goods vehicle and trailer from Scott Business Park on Haverton Hill Road in Billingham, according to a public notice.

The Northern Echo·6 Aug
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New play area for Billingham in latest Stockton Council planning bids roundup

Stockton Council is also considering proposals for a path circuit to a Billingham school playing field

Teesside Gazette·25 Jul
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Church youth leader took advantage of 'vulnerable' men in string of sex attacks over decades

John Grant was a senior figure in churches and local communities, with links to churches across the country, including Billingham Baptist Church

Teesside Gazette·13 Jul
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‘Life at the ICI’ show aims to make Billingham a centre for chemical heritage

Billingham town council is throwing its support behind a new community heritage project in a scheme celebrating its industrial past.

Darlington & Stockton Times·12 Jul
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Billingham pub and Stockton HMO are in latest Stockton Council planning bids roundup

Stockton Council is also considering proposals for the conversion of agricultural buildings into five homes and a gym in an industrial unit

Teesside Gazette·4 Jul
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'Enormous relief' as government opts not to intervene over refusal of 179-home Billingham plan

TCC Land's plan was rejected by Stockton Council, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has declined to "call in" the case

Teesside Gazette·1 Jul
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Tommy Cooper - Have I Got Time For More?

A wonderfully funny tribute to one of the UK's iconic comedians!

Skiddle·1 Jul
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New High Street shop front among latest Stockton Council planning bids roundup

Stockton Council is also considering proposals for solar panels on a Billingham industrial estate unit

Teesside Gazette·27 Jun
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Billingham dad 'feels forced' to take son out of school after 'ultimatum' over shorts in hot weather

Julian Allen is calling for a fair and gender neutral hot-weather uniform policy to be published on the school's website

Teesside Gazette·25 Jun
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Person in hospital after collapsing at North East beauty spot

Emergency services were called to Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park, near Billingham, on Monday (June 22) at around 11.20am, following reports of an injured person.

The Northern Echo·23 Jun
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Billingham mum who caused death of 'happy' son is given indefinite hospital order

A jury in a trial of facts came to the conclusion that Louise Cameron did carry out the act which caused her son's death

Teesside Gazette·18 Jun
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Devastated family of Billingham eight-year-old Rhys Cameron pay tribute as mum handed hospital order

A mum responsible for the death of her eight-year-old son has today been given an indefinite hospital order.

Hartlepool Mail·18 Jun
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Mum who killed son with laced drink in grip of psychotic episode detained in hospital

A struggling Billingham mum gave her son a lethal blackcurrant drink laced with drugs which caused his death was in the grip of a psychosis at the time.

The Northern Echo·18 Jun
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Tees Valley Lithium says £285m Billingham refinery would provide £2bn boost to UK economy

A lithium refinery planned for Billingham will provide a £2.1bn boost for the UK economy, says the developer.

Hartlepool Mail·18 Jun
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Developer says proposed Billingham refinery will bring £1bn and 1,700 jobs into Teesside

Tees Valley Lithium says the £185m lithium refinery is 'a 25-year commitment' to the area bringing a £2.1bn boost to the UK economy

Teesside Gazette·16 Jun
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New shop front on Yarm High Street is among latest Stockton Council planning bids

Stockton Council is also considering proposals for a communication station near Billingham railway station and numerous home extensions

Teesside Gazette·13 Jun
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Jury finds Billingham mum responsible for tragic death of eight-year-old son after trial

A mother has been found responsible for the death of her eight-year-old son after lacing his juice drink with drugs in a tragic case.

Hartlepool Mail·12 Jun
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Billingham mum found to have caused death of 8-year-old son Rhys by poisoning his juice

Louise Cameron, 41, was found unfit to stand trial, but she watched the verdict on video link from hospital

Teesside Gazette·12 Jun
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Plans for up to 179 homes in Billingham rejected as residents tell of 'accident waiting to happen'

TCC Land's outline scheme received hundreds of objections from residents

Teesside Gazette·11 Jun
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Jury listen to aunt's harrowing 999 call as she finds 'poisoned' boy, 8, dead in bed

Jurors in a Billingham murder trial listened to the harrowing 999 call made by the aunt of an eight-year-old boy found dead in bed next to his mother.

The Northern Echo·10 Jun
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Children's home offering 24-hour care in Billingham is approved by Stockton Council

Zen Asset Holdings Ltd applied for planning permission to turn a house into a children's home in Billingham

Teesside Gazette·9 Jun
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Mother accused of killing son in methadone poisoning 'unfit to enter a plea'

A Billingham mother who poisoned her son with methadone is unfit to enter a plea to murder, a jury has heard.

The Northern Echo·9 Jun
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Billingham murderer Billy Dunlop to face second public parole hearing in bid for release

The double jeopardy killer's 'emotional vulnerability' has deteriorated, according to his solicitors

Teesside Gazette·3 Jun
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Neglect played part in death of Billingham student labelled 'time-waster', says coroner

Libby Instone, 20, from Billingham repeatedly visited North Tees Hospital Urgent Care Centre (UCC) in Stockton

Teesside Gazette·1 Jun
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Billingham student treated as 'time-waster' by medics spent last days in agony, mum tells inquest

Libby Instone died as a result of an infarction of her small intestine :: The 20-year-old attended hospital three times before she collapsed

Teesside Gazette·1 Jun
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Billingham pals saddling up for Whitehaven to Seaton Carew coast to coast for Great North Air Ambulance Service

Six friends are getting ready to saddle up for a coast to coast challenge in aid of the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

Hartlepool Mail·1 Jun
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Ford Focus driver flees Billingham crash - leaving child inside the car

The single vehicle smash happened on Low Grange Avenue, Billingham :: A man has been arrested

Teesside Gazette·27 May
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Man in court charged after police called to 'park flasher reports' in Billingham

Samuel Oliver has been charged with three offences linked to an alleged incident in John Whitehead Park in Billingham

Teesside Gazette·24 May
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Watch topless driver smash into bollard and hide in garden after speeding through Billingham

'Reckless' Leighton Watson has been jailed for five years :: Footage shows him driving dangerously through Billingham

Teesside Gazette·23 May
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Woman, teen and three men arrested as two taken to hospital after Billingham weapons brawl

Two people have been taken to hospital after the brawl in Billingham's Rievaulx Avenue

Teesside Gazette·19 May
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Top Oasis tribute Supernova coming to Billingham Forum

Fans of Oasis are promised a night of Britpop nostalgia when tribute band Supernova perform at the Forum Theatre, Billingham next month.

Hartlepool Mail·19 May
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Inspirational ice skater Clare glides to glory to become a champion against the odds

28-year-old Clare Hodgson has overcome numerous health conditions to keep training at Billingham Forum

Teesside Gazette·16 May
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Teenager locked up after shotgun was found in Billingham garden

Leighton Watson's DNA was found all over the bin bag that the gun was wrapped in

Teesside Gazette·16 May
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How inspirational skater Clare defied the odds to become a world champion on ice

The inspirational young woman who has used Billingham Forum as a base to defy health challenges and become a world champion. PETER BARRON reports

The Northern Echo·16 May
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Teenager's fingerprints found on bin bag with shotgun found dumped in garden

A Billingham teenager has been locked up after his fingerprints were recovered from a bin bag containing a sawn-off shotgun which was found dumped on a garden.

The Northern Echo·15 May
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Stockton Council leader says authority should take over Billingham town centre but wants 'best deal'

Councillor Lisa Evans said Labour leaders were pushing for regeneration progress and the right thing was 'for us to fully acquire the town centre'

Teesside Gazette·14 May
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Armed police descend on Billingham street after assault involving knife-wielding gang

One man suffered an injury to his ear in the incident on Quenby Road on Friday night

Teesside Gazette·9 May
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Police hunt 'several men armed with knives' after man, 39, assaulted in street

Officers from Cleveland Police were called to Quenby Road in Billingham at around 10pm on Friday (May 8), following reports of an assault.

The Northern Echo·9 May
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Patient in hospital after collision involving motorbike and car near Billingham roundabout

The road was closed while emergency services dealt with incident involving a car and motorbike

Teesside Gazette·2 May