MIDDLESBROUGH Mayor Andy Preston is calling on more of the town's restaurants and takeaways to follow the lead of an independent eatery that's become a national frontrunner in eliminating plastic from its business.

Detectives investigating the alleged murder of a dad-of-two in Hartlepool last year are appealing for information to trace two men who are wanted in connection with the death.

THE children’s critical care unit at The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough has become one of the first units of its kind in the country to be independently commissioned to provide high dependency care.

DRUG dealing and yobbery have been targeted in the latest phase of a major Middlesbrough-wide crackdown.