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✧ Stockton and Darlington Railway ✧

The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR), the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, first operated on 27 September 1825. It initially connected collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton in County Durham, north-east England. The transport of coal proved ...

#CountyDurham #NorthEasternRailway #Stockton #Darlington #TeesValley #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway

Good news from the Financial Times today.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen (Freeports 'R' Us) & his cronies Chris Musgrave & Martin Corney are forced to renegotiate the ownership model of the controversial Teesworks regeneration project, after adverse publicity following the independent review of their land grab.
These grifters exemplify a Tory ethos of transferring public wealth into private hands for short-term gain.

#TeesValley #Teesworks #Teesside #Grift #UKPolitics

https://archive.is/2CtUS

TEEES VALLEY MAYORAL RESULT:

🔵 Ben Houchen (Conservatives): 53.6% (-19.2)
🔴 Chris McEwan (Labour): 41.3% (+14.1)
🟠 Simon Thorley (Liberal Democrats): 5.0% (new)

Conservative HOLD.

Changes with last election.

Note the size of the swings (looking good for Labour at the general election). Houchen must be thankful that Reform UK chose not to stand here, but that 12 point majority is a commanding one.

#ukpolitics #LE2024 #LocalElections2024 #LocalElections #electionresults #news #TeesValley

We're expecting the Tees Valley mayoral result soon.

Initial results indicate Ben Houchen will hold on for the Conservatives. He's got a lead in votes in 3 out of 3 local authority areas.

#ukpolitics #LE2024 #LocalElections2024 #LocalElections #electionresults #news #TeesValley

📝 Election day is TOMORROW. ✅

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Everywhere in England and Wales will have something to vote for.

👀 Find out who's on your ballot: https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/

#england #wales #eastmidlands #GreaterManchester #liverpool #London #Yorkshire #teesvalley #westmidlands #Bristol #Dorset #ukpolitics

LOCAL ELECTIONS PREVIEW

Andrew Teale of Britain Elects has also now published part 2 of his mega-preview of this week's elections. This part covers the English Midlands and North, but avoids Lancashire:

https://medium.com/britainelects/previewing-the-2nd-may-2024-local-elections-part-ii-northern-england-and-english-midlands-bad3cafc8739

#ukpolitics #Midlands #WestMidlands #EastMidlands #NorthernEngland #NorthEast #TeesValley #Yorkshire #elections

Hundreds of mysterious blue balls wash up on UK beaches | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/blue-balls-beaches-uk-mystery-b2450002.html

#BlueBalls
#RubbberBalls
#HartlepoolPowerStation
#TeesValley
#TaproggeBalls
#EDF
#TeesValleyWildlifeTrust

Busy at #TeesValley on the white water rapids this morning!