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No he was right - stopping money means people starve. It is not opinion. It is fact.

He is pointing out that stopping every penny of money would mean that asylum seekers would be forced to beg or starve.

It was a repurposed school built in the 1960s and mainly 1970s - there aren't that many buildings still operating as schools built in that era never mind leisure centres etc. But Redcar and Cleveland's loss will be Middlesbrough's gain with the new base for the MFC Foundation being sited in East...

Roy has just been recounting some memories over the phone to me of watching Boro reserves in ... 1944. I said that was during WWII! He also told me about Alan Peacock's Obituary in the Daily Telegraph and memories of the amazing 6-6 draw away with Charlton Athletic Roy - broke off his honeyman...

From MP Andy McDonald Andy McDonald, MP for Middlesbrough & Thornaby East - the constituency of the Golden Eagle, said: "People across Teesside will, I have no doubt, be slightly amazed that bringing down the Golden Eagle is to be one of the most complicated demolition jobs of its kind ever...

Work under way on long-awaited new centre on former Southlands site Work is well under way on the long-awaited development of a new community and sports hub in East Middlesbrough. Wharton Construction are now on site working on the state-of-the-art new hub, which will replace the former...

Here is a copy of Andy's speech in the House of Commons. Andy McDonald. Thank you, Chair. I rise to speak in support of New Clause 8, New Clause 11 and amendment 38 and also to the bill more broadly. But may I say, Madam Chair, that this has been a very informed debate, conducted very...

Middlesbrough & Thornaby East MP Andy McDonald said: "Today I could not support the pitting of Universal Credit claimants against each other, as this bill did, and was forced to vote it down. "I supported the increase in UC standard allowance but could not accept it being funded by slashing...

This is a request for help with a lift next season. One of our most devoted supporters home and away and our probably our most senior supporter (his Boro record starts in 1945) needs a lift to home games. His car is burning a bit of oil these days and he probably should be a passenger rather...

A leading Middlesbrough historian is to be given a special honour in recognition of his decades of dedication to the town. Norman Moorsom will be granted the Honorary Freedom of the Borough of Middlesbrough at an Extraordinary Meeting of Middlesbrough Council on Wednesday, July 16. The...

A weight restriction will come into force at the weekend on part of a key route through Middlesbrough. The Longlands Road Bridge will be closed to vehicles of more than 7.5 tonnes to enable a planned, routine structural inspection to be undertaken. Diversion routes will be in place for...

Sir Bobby Robson was a keen golfer and support for his cancer Foundation from the region’s golfing community has never fallen short. Glenn Blaney, from Morpeth, has organised a number of golfing fundraisers to support the work of The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, which is part of Newcastle...

Maybe we are trying to correct things. I have led a walk from Brian Clough's house, marked by a plaque, past his statue as a boy and then on past Ayresome Park and on to Archibald School and to Bell Street, birthplace of Don Revie. Great to have something associating a former England manager...

Why don't you contact Boro and explain the circumstances.

A new project backed by Borderlands (Arts Council) will inspire the school kids of Middlesbrough's Archibald School to commemorate an old school boy born and brought up in the next street, Bell Street. The mosaic will be created by local artists Derek Mosey and Helen Gaunt working with school...