In 1826, John Walker, a chemist in Stockton on Tees, discovered through lucky accident that a stick coated with chemicals burst into flame when scraped across his hearth at home. He went on to ...

Users of social care services in Stockton-on-Tees are less happy with the care they receive than the average in the North East, new figures show.

Jane Edmends, assistant director of housing and A Fairer Stockton-on-Tees, said: "There was a long-standing ambition of the local authority to deliver a significant regeneration scheme on what was ...