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Ministers Alarmed as BP set to Build Net Zero Teesside with Chinese-Imported Steel
Our report is here:
teesvalleymonitor.com/bp-bui…
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Tees Seal Pups vs Defra
In the week the government reveals its Environment Improvement Plan, our investigation into the seal pup mortality in Tees Estuary shows how hard it may be to persuade Defra to take it seriously:
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Put Out More Flags?
Like it or loathe it, our towns are now adorned with flags. Darlington has hundreds. Who's putting them up? Who is supporting them? Is the council dealing with the anti-social behaviour that has accompanied it?
Our report is here
teesvalleymonitor.com/flaggi…
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9 Sep 2025
Request for Information about Teesside Airport
Tees Valley Monitor received correspondence today containing information about Teesside Airport, but without contact details. We would like to appeal to its author to contact us by email on info@teesvalleymonitor.com, or DM here
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31 Jul 2025
Yes. Another pollution issue that has never been properly resolved
31 Jul 2025
and all those shellfish....
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31 Jul 2025
Yes. It’s been recommended to us before. But what channel is it on?
31 Jul 2025
The drama ‘Toxic Town’ about the supposed clean up of Corby ( old steel site) is a very interesting watch. Comparisons???
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31 Jul 2025
More Toxic Waste Heading for the Tees Valley? Where Will It End Up?
Application for a permit to dump radioactive waste at Port Clarence while toxic waste treated as non hazardous at Hartlepool landfill. Is public adequately protected? Our report is here:
teesvalleymonitor.com/toxic-…
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27 Jul 2025
The long-term high-paying jobs thing was always exaggerated. As for levelling up, in our opinion what was needed was a strategy to create a more mixed local economy. Houchen certainly never bought into that. And data centres while they are needed are not large scale employers.
27 Jul 2025
If these Data centres do get the go ahead, won’t this blow up the levelling up programme? This was to achieve long term high paying jobs but will now show that it was just a transfers of wealth (even though the whole deal was).
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Our opinion is that many MPs get on with the job of serving their constituents without a fuss and without seeking publicity. Some, however, were too quick to start yelling about bringing in the NAO to the TVCA, when, in reality, it wasn't an option.
The @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer could have investigated this 12 months ago instead he was welcomed with open arms. Is there any political party or MP that is not corrupt? Serious question
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26 Jul 2025
Funny, we've made the comparison between him and T. Dan Smith in the past, but actually he and Poulson had more in common with shoplifters at Home Bargains than they do with Houchen and the developers (and the other hangers on that make a profit out of TVCA contracts).
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26 Jul 2025
He likes to project the image that he is still in control, but the sudden departure of the director of finance and the monitoring officer suggest that, behind the curtain, his activity is being challenged. The BVN may seem unglamorous, but it looks as if it's having an effect.
26 Jul 2025
Is Houchen still trying to set his agenda ?
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Yes, but Houchen can't say that, can he?
26 Jul 2025
But Private Eye is correct.
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26 Jul 2025
Hey! Aren't you the self-confessed communist the mayor was on about?
26 Jul 2025
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Tees Valley mayor holds first Question Time at Yarm School
Involving some unkind remarks about Private Eye, some reticence about the latest deal that will enrich property developers, and some dubious assertions about NE Security and the Freeport.
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3 Jul 2025
No Comment: Deafening Silence from Tees Valley MPs on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza.
We asked six MPs their opinion of the government's arms trade with Israel. Their unwillingness to respond raises issues about democratic accountability.
Our report:
teesvalleymonitor.com/no-com…
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23 Jun 2025
Permit Applied for to Allow Dumping of Radioactive Waste at Port Clarence.
Public consultation through Environment Agency is now open. However, contacting local MPs may prove more effective. Our report is here:
teesvalleymonitor.com/dumpin…
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22 Jun 2025
The Ensus press release included a quote from him and the Journal reported that he had written to the prime minister. Nothing on TVCA news feed. 'It's abit awkward for him, given that he's invited Trump to visit Teesside.
Has Houchen weighed in on this yet? Isn't Wilton site part of his pirate port?
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Closure of Ensus Bioethanol Plant has implications for public health.
A statement on the prospect of plant closure and a report by the Royal College of Physicians on improving UK air quality in the UK. Our report highlights the connection between the two.
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30 May 2025
The crisis in bioethanol obviously is not to do with mismanagement at local level, but reveals just how weak the UK's bargaining position is in trade negotiations with the US. What's to stop the president coming back in a few weeks' time and demanding more concessions?
29 May 2025
Can things get any worse for Teesside.... 😩
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29 May 2025
Or just a juggling act?
29 May 2025
A lack of foresight or a deal to curry favour with Trump?
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#bbcpoliticsnorth
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