EFFORTS to deal with a trio of “prolific beggars” in Norton are continuing after worries from village businesses and “daunted” residents. Stockton town centre tends to be a hotspot for begging – and council figures show there was a 27 per cent drop in cases in 2020 compared with the previous year. But concerns about “rough sleepers” and beggars appearing in leafy Norton were raised at a meeting on Wednesday. Cllr Steve Nelson told the Norton Community Partnership there were no known rough sleepers in the borough at the moment on the back of talks with officers. He revealed help was “offered and accepted” in one case in Norton village – and he told the panel “action was being taken” when it came to begging.
Pandemic hits drug dealer supply lines as recorded crime falls across Teesside
Senior officer reveals pandemic hits drug dealer supply lines on Teesside as wider recorded crime falls
06:00, 3 FEB 2021
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A SENIOR officer says drug dealing supply lines have been hit by the pandemic on Teesside amid falling crime rates across the region. Recorded crime in Stockton between April and December last year fell by 5.7 per cent when compared with the same period in 2019. And Tuesday’s Safer Stockton Partnership heard how the drugs trade had also been interrupted on Teesside and further afield in the wake of covid. Police figures presented to the panel showed falls in cases of shoplifting (down 52.6 per cent), business robberies (down 72.2 per cent) and commercial burglaries (down 27.9 per cent) across the borough. Pandemic-hit Stockton saw theft cases fall by a third on those recorded between April and December in 2019.
People are selling possessions to survive : £20 Universal Credit plea as 2nd lockdown far worse
Councillors said that people are finding it far worse than in the first lockdown, but Tories were unimpressed by a council motion
10:00, 30 JAN 2021
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Eye watering sums , chasing headlines and humbug : Heated clash over cash for councillors
All 56 councillors in Stockton will still receive £9,300 in basic allowances from April
12:28, 28 JAN 2021
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A feisty debate over cash for committee leaders has ended with payments staying as they are next year.