Reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant an icon of a vibrant industrial an icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, and infinite hercules in its day, a white capital of imake income is now clearing a site of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the national map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes mayoral contest with high sta kes from mayoral contest with high stakes from the two main parties. A poster boy of the red bull, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart, hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party, and a winnerfor heartland for his party, and a winner for chris heartland for his party, and a winnerfor Chris Mcewan Heartland for his party, and a winner for chris mcew
is it s got a high ceiling, it s like getting a human pyramid to get up there, some pizza and scuttling up to the top with a biro. but with two small music venues closing every week in the uk, i wanted to know if a very big one co 0p live had any plans on how they could help. do you worry about the future? because that is where your next generation of headliners comes from. we re here to be a part of the community. i m not here to take your ticket. i m here to make this a better place to live and inspire you. and i m here to bring a new enthusiasm and entrepreneurial spirit to what we do as a company here that will include theatres and clubs once i get this beast open. and colin patersonjoined me earlier from the arena together with the general manager. it opens officially on tuesday, with the british comedian peter kay doing a stand up set, but tonight there is a test of it about 7,000 people will probably be coming in tonight to make sure that everything works. i can speak to a man