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give up its secrets. rebecca morelle, bbc news. the time is 10:30pm and darren is here with the weather. hello, i want to touch on the flooding in italy first of all. this is just another example of severe weather becoming more severe and happening more often. it wasn t too long ago that this part of italy was in drought, but there has been six months of rain in the last couple of weeks which has certainly changed all that. this programme contains repetitive flashing images there s more analysis of the days main stories on newsnight with victoria which is just getting under way the site of the former redcar steelworks is at the centre of a furious row between the conservative mayor of tees valley and labour. truly shocking. industrial scale corruption on teesside. a huge site acquired by the public body south tees developments limited for £12 million, in 2019. what s going on then? we ll talk live to the conservative mayor who s facing labour claims of cronyism, corru ....
Of secrecy, cronyism and at its worst corruption. the conservatives reject all that and say labour s guilty of smears and mudslinging, resentful they say, that it s the tories who are rejunevating an area once solidly labour. we ll talk live to the conservative mayor ben houchen in a moment he too says he wants a full national audit office inquiry, and also to the shadow levelling up secretary lisa nandy. nick s live in teesside tonight too and has new details on the row for us in a moment first, here s his report from redcar. a forlorn halt from a mighty industrial past. 0nce a forlorn halt from a mighty industrial past. once a symbol of hope. then a symbol of decline, when the redcar steelworks closed in 2015. dealing a blow to the smoky behemoth of teesside. hope reborn, ....
First tonight a story about money, land and politics and this question how have private developers ended up with a 90% stake in the country s largest brownfield site, on teesside, without any kind of tendering process? first some background: after the redcar steel plant closed in 2015, a public/private company was created to manage the regeneration of the huge site led by the conservative mayor for tees valley ben houchen. so far, so uncontroversial. the regeneration of the land is seen as central to teesside s future attracting multi pound investment in an area now designated as a freeport, a scheme championed by rishi sunak, which seeks to create tax free zones for shipping. but, afer detailed reporting from richard brooks at private eye and this week, jen williams at the financial times, labour have called for a full investigation by the national audit office. according to them at the heart of this are allegations ....