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MAYORS STEP IN TO LAUNCH BUS SERVICE TO HELP TEESPORT WORKERS

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen and Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston have helped to kick-start a new bus service to ensure local people working at companies based at Teesport can get to and from their jobs.

After Mayor Preston raised concerns over the lack of bus routes servicing Teesport, Mayor Houchen acted rapidly to come up with a solution so that employees at sites such as the Tesco Distribution Warehouse could easily get to work if they didn't have a car, with many on 24-hour shift patterns.

Middlesbrough Council has acquired a major landmark as part of a drive to secure the town centre's long-term future.

The purchase of the Cleveland Centre was completed this week, with the council agreeing to pay £12m for a shopping centre that changed hands for £85m less than six years ago.

The move has been hailed by Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston as another important step in ensuring long-term jobs and breathing new life into the town centre.

Mayor Preston said the Council was "stepping in to save" the centre.

Are you ready to step through the door marked No. 9?

Dudley ‘Tal' Stokes, Captain of the original Jamaican Bobsleigh Winter Olympics team is in the process of setting up an Olympic base in Middlesbrough to train athletes, and encourage fitness routines within local communities, businesses, and schools.