Hartlepool gang hacked Facebook accounts to scam 64 victims in £250,000 mobile phone scam
People in Tyneside, Durham, Cleveland and North Yorkshire were conned by fraudsters posing as social media friends to offer them a money-making opportunity
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Facebook hackers conned users in £250,000 mobile phone fraud
The Hartlepool gang targeted people pretending to be friends then persuading them to take out phone contracts
Brian McLoughlin, Frederick Robinson (top l-r) and Lee McLoughlin, Mark Howe (bottom l-r)
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The 20 roads you re most likely to get a speeding ticket on Teesside
While the covid pandemic slowed down the numbers of speeding drivers, more than 5,000 were still caught this year
08:00, 28 DEC 2020
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The covid pandemic dramatically cut the number of drivers speeding on Teesside s roads in 2020.