A man of "optimism, harmony and ambition", Idrees Rashid has been recognised as a Boro Hero. Long-serving community champion Idrees has been involved in many matters which promote Middlesbrough's communities over the years.
Surge Covid testing in Middlesbrough will end on Friday (February 26) after thousands of people came forward. Extra testing was introduced after one case of the variant first discovered in South Africa was reported in the town.
The devastating impact of the climate crisis on farmers and food supplies is the focus of Fairtrade Fortnight in Middlesbrough. This year's online event runs until Sunday, March 7 and aims to engage, inform and educate people around the urgent message of Fairtrade and climate change.
A drug dealing den bringing misery to a local community has been shut down in the latest success for a Middlesbrough-wide crackdown.
A Middlesbrough Council employee turned community hero had only been in the job a week when he saved the life of a commuter at Middlesbrough Bus Station, not once but three times. On-duty security guard Bryan Stokell was first on the scene when a worried member of the public alerted security staff that a man had collapsed on the floor.
Ashall Projects – the company behind the successful Centre Square office development – is putting forward new proposals which will dramatically transform Middlesbrough town centre. It has unveiled revised plans for three more office buildings, including one which will be seven-storeys high and has a floor space of more than 100,000 sq ft.
'When you get the call - get the jab!' That's the message from Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston and local health chiefs as the town's Covid-19 vaccination programme gathers pace. Mayor Preston called in at Thorntree Surgery to see how the life-saving jabs are being delivered there.
Extra Covid testing will continue in Middlesbrough for a further week. Around 3,000 adults in the Coulby Newham and Marton areas have so far responded to a call to get tested to help research into the spread of the virus.
A team of tireless volunteers is bringing food and cheer to families across Middlesbrough. The White Feather Project was set up during the first Covid lockdown last year, initially to help those in need in North Ormesby.
Middlesbrough’s Covid infection rate is currently among the highest in the country. This comes at a time the Council has introduced extra testing after a case of the Covid variant first discovered in South Africa was reported. South Tees Joint Director of Public Health Mark Adams has today given an update on the position in Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough residents are being informed of how green waste collections will run in 2021. The Middlesbrough Council service is set to resume on Tuesday, April 6 and will return to a fortnightly collection until the end of September.
The compassionate work of Middlesbrough Council's community safety team has been highlighted in a varied week helping a series of vulnerable and distressed people. Among the issues dealt with have been a council car park attendant talking down a man from the top of Zetland car park.
A new Council team has gone straight into action in a Middlesbrough-wide fly-tipping crackdown. And a warning has been sounded to rogue traders offering bogus refuse disposal services that they will be caught and prosecuted.
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