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1. Businessman misled jobseekers into handing over £70k

   A SHAMED businessman misled jobseekers into handing over tens of thousands of pounds in an employment scam.

2. Stockton taxpayers to be hit with 3.5% hike

   COUNCIL taxpayers in Stockton are facing a 3.5% rise. Millions of pounds have been slashed from Stockton Council spending to meet Government targets with more cuts planned.

3. Independent review into usage of Cleveland Police Authority credit cards

   CLEVELAND Police Authority is conducting a review of the use of taxpayer-funded corporate credit cards.

4. Pancake day fun for Great Ayton children

   YOUNGSTERS in Great Ayton had a flipping good time when they took part in an annual pancake day racing event.

5. Teesside NHS redundancy costs revealed

   TEESSIDE’S four soon-to-be- axed primary care trusts (PCTs) spent more than £9.2m on making top executives redundant.

6. Murder trial is told of man stabbed in heart

   A MAN is on trial accused of murdering a man staying at his home by stabbing him to the heart in an angry knife attack.

7. Middlesbrough community campaigner Dorothy Sewell dies aged 71

   A TEESSIDE woman who campaigned “relentlessly” for Middlesbrough to be a “better place” has passed away at the age of 71.

8. Middlesbrough pensioner shares past in book

   A MIDDLESBROUGH pensioner has captured his tales of 1920s childhood and life during the war in a book for his family to treasure forever.

9. Call for action after Coulby Newham allotments hit by thieves

   ALLOTMENT holders are calling for the introduction of barbed wire around their site after it was targeted by thieves.

10. FA honour for Goals Soccer Centre in Middlesbrough

    A TEESSIDE five-a-side football centre has become the first in the country to receive FA accreditation for its work promoting the beautiful game.