Linthorpe Road firms urged to consider town centre move as cycle super lanes passed
A new half-mile long cycling corridor along Linthorpe Road was given the thumbs up - and businesses urged to relocate
18:56, 19 JAN 2021
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Special school planned for site of former attraction gets green light
The Discovery Special Academy will educate 84 pupils at the former Nature s World site
14:24, 16 JAN 2021
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A special school on land at a former Teesside attraction has been rubber stamped by 10 votes to nil.
A SPECIAL school on land at a former Teesside attraction has been unanimously approved. The Discovery Special Academy will educate 84 pupils at the former Nature’s World site, off Sandy Flatts Lane, Middlesbrough, after councillors gave the bid the thumbs up on Friday. Council leaders agreed the sale of 4.5 acres of land near the former attraction in 2019 – with a school for youngsters aged four to 11 with complex and significant communication, physical and educational needs set to come to the site. Proposals for the academy were first unveiled in 2017 and all planning committee members were behind the school plan. However, there were more than 25 objections ahead of the meeting – mainly about traffic on the nearby line and worries a blind bend would pose problems.
A half-eaten kebab or pizza is far more attractive than poison - call as rodent numbers soar
Now people are being urged not to feed the birds to help tackle the problem
08:00, 22 DEC 2020
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A RISE in rodents has prompted calls for Teessiders to stop feeding birds after high demand for pest control teams. The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) saw a 51 per cent rise in rodent activity during the first lockdown earlier this year. And officers told the latest Middlesbrough environment scrutiny panel how pest control companies had seen a 78 per cent increase in calls for help in the second lockdown October and November. In the wake of the figures, Coulby Newham councillor David Branson believed the council had to take the “difficult decision” to tell people not to feed birds. He added: “I’ve a feeling more birds will survive now while we’ve got milder winters.