Whatever you think about wind farms – and there are genuine arguments both for and against the concept – they look as if they are here to stay despite a recent letter to the Prime Minister from some 100 Tory MPs demanding that the £400 million-a-year subsidies paid to the “inefficient” onshore wind turbine industry [...]
The last few months have really given Saltburn a huge lift (no pun intended) in publicity thanks to some contrasting events centred round the town’s famous pier and water lift. Three separate stories have made the national TV news over that period with perhaps the nicest being the continued mystery of the Saltburn Pier Knitter. [...]
Stockton Male Voice Choir was formed in 1948 at the request of the then Mayor Alderman Lillystone. We perform various concerts throughout the year – this can be church events, charity concerts, retirement homes and choral festivals. We still have a strong link with the Stockton Mayor’s office, usually singing at Mayor’s Sunday and the [...]
Redcar & Cleveland Council have launched a virtual tour of Redcar’s Regeneration. The virtual tour is available on YouTube.
The first section of Redcar’s, somewhat controversial, Vertical Pier were erected today. The foundation of the vertical pier have been under construction for the past 5 months and the first pieces of the vertical piers structure have been erected today. These pieces are the start of the £1.6m The Vertical Pier which will stretch to [...]
When the former Corus site in Redcar was forced to close down with the loss of 1,600 jobs it looked like the end of an era for the area. But after an enormous amount of work from many dedicated people a saviour was found and Thai firm Sahaviriya Steel Industries (SSI) finally agreed to buy [...]
The people of Redcar have a long and proud history of saving folk in distress from the raging North Sea. The first lifeboat to be stationed in the town arrived on October 7th, 1802. Built by Henry Greathead, of South Shields, the boat was christened Zetland. The arrival of the lifeboat was a source of [...]
It certainly doesn’t seem like it to us but this month sees the first anniversary of the Launch of The Eye Magazine.
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‘Spotted’ pages on Facebook are cropping up all over. In our local area we found six spotted pages. But...
It is always a pleasant task to write about a local success story, particularly a business success story. Jim...
OLYMPIC swimmer Chris Cook will be visiting Redcar & Cleveland this week to see how some of our local...
In the heart of Redcar’s new Palace Hub on the seafront, is an exclusive showroom called “Northern Lights.” The...
Budding sports journalist and Prior Pursglove College student Scott Hill has taken a big step in reaching his career...
Young people are being given the chance to quiz Cleveland’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Barry Coppinger, during an online...
