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Jobs, hope for the future and the PM s flat funding row - what Middesbrough voters say
With a few days to go till the booths open, where will town centre shoppers be putting their cross on Election Day?
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Jobs to give young people hope for the future , crime and policing are high up the list for shoppers in Middlesbrough as Election Day looms.
Middlesbrough’s mayor Andy Preston tells ITV News Business and Economics Editor Joel Hills that House of Fraser needs to start paying rent soon or leave the town
The House of Fraser in Middlesbrough is a striking Art Deco-style building. Built in Portland Stone across six floors in 1957, it sits in the heart of the town centre.
The department store had been set to close but last summer, Middlesbrough Council stumped up £1 million to buy the building as part of plans to revive the centre’s fortunes.
Until now, the council has allowed Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group to continue to use the 100,000 square feet of retail space rent-free but Middlesbrough’s mayor insists that unless House of Fraser starts paying rent “soon” then the company will be turfed out.
Musical bikes and bridges over Tees to form part of new summer festival
The free Sonic Arts Week will take place in and around Middlesbrough this July
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Musical bikes that play sounds according to the air quality and a river cruise that uses the bridges along the Tees to create music are set to feature in a new free festival coming to Teesside.
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Bike theft has been a big problem on Teesside for a number of years.
It s a mean and demoralising crime, with young people often targeted.