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
receptive to our court level message, i ve been out knocking on hundreds of doors, speaking to a huge amount of people, and we have had an excellent turnout from volunteers. in the region, at the moment, durham county council has a lib dem leader, we are really making a difference to local people s lives all over the place, this isjust the next step in our process. its, next step in our process. a commanding presence at heart of an electoral battleground which may soon command the nation s attention. you can get more details on who is in the running for the thames valley mayor, tees valley mayor, and what that consists of on the website. there are mayor elections across other parts of england and of course local elections, plus those elections for police and crime commissioners, both in england and wales. full details on all of those, whether there is an election going on in yourarea,