The Gazette - May 19, 2025

The Gazette - May 19, 2025

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In this issue
May 19, 2025
Mayor gets a grilling over future of area
RESIDENTS GET A CHANCE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS
4 mins
State-of-the-art sport centre celebrating its 10th birthday
ONE of Middlesbrough's best-loved leisure venues is celebrating its 10th birthday.
1 min
Beaches among the best
SEASIDE AREA LOVED BY SOAP STARS WINS AWARD

2 mins
External consultants drafted in as council struggles with backlog
A COUNCIL has hired external consultants to help deal with a backlog of planning enforcement cases.

1 min
Prosecutor wants 55 days to gather evidence
BELLA MAY CULLEY WAS ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKING

2 mins
Mayor angry over late notice of key meeting
DEVOLUTION PROPOSALS ARE GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD
3 mins
Jail for dealer who claimed he was forced to sell hard drugs
THE all too familiar story of a teenager mixed up in drug dealing has sadly repeated itself again.
3 mins
Predator who preyed on vulnerable women jailed
A SEXUAL predator has been jailed after being found guilty of multiple sex offences in Kirklees and Teesside.
2 mins
Israel launches new offensive
ISRAEL has launched new ground operations in Gaza, and air strikes launched as part of the new offensive killed at least 103 people, including dozens of children, overnight on Saturday into yesterday, hospitals and medics said yesterday.
1 min
Pope's plea for unity
POPE Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has given his first major address during his inauguration ceremony, which was attended by world leaders and thousands of faithful yesterday.
1 min
Retailers join forces to fight hunger
FOUR UK supermarkets are launching a joint campaign to tackle hunger, following a challenge from the King.
1 min
Leader declares SNP 'healed' a year into the job
JOHN Swinney has said he has \"healed\" the SNP, after inheriting a \"fractured\" party from his predecessor Humza Yousaf.
2 mins
EU talks going 'to the wire' as PM set to announce deal
TALKS on a UK-EU deal are in their “final hours’ ahead of a major summit with the bloc, the minister in charge of negotiations has said.

2 mins
NHS plans to find more blood victims
HEALTH officials have launched a new scheme to help identify people who may have unknowingly been given infected blood.

1 min
Eurovision memories ‘will last a lifetime’
THE UK's Eurovision 2025 contestants Remember Monday have said the competition has given them “memories that will last a lifetime” despite getting zero points from the public vote.
1 min
Flower show returns with a focus on climate and dogs
THE King and Queen and celebrities will get a first glimpse of this year’s Chelsea Flower Show today, after a dry spring has put pressure on the build-up to the event.
2 mins
THE KING AND I
Priscilla Presley is turning 80. Here MARION MCMULLEN looks at the girl who won the heart of a music icon then became a star in her own right
3 mins
Teen terrors havin' it LARGE
MARION MCMULLEN discovers how Kevin and Perry made the switch from television to cinemas 25 years ago

1 min
I'd love people to realise that the world is marvellous
MARION MCMULLEN learns all about Dame Joanna Lumley's latest absolutely fabulous travel adventure
4 mins
STAR QUALITY
FAIMA BAKAR USES THE FORCE AND HEADS TO TUNISIAN ISLAND DJERBA, THE FILM LOCATION OF STAR WARS
3 mins
Heads-up on neurodiversity
CHRIS Packham explores a subject that’s very close to his heart in this emotional instalment, since his stepdaughter Megan is dyslexic.
1 min
'Gutted' Loughnane looks to bounce back from Epsom disappointment
TEENAGE rider Billy Loughnane is looking to bounce back from a blow to his chances of a first jockeys’ championship when he heads to Redcar on Monday.
1 min
Ciara Pearl harbours high hopes at Notts
CIARA Pearl can stamp her class on the Dine In Sherwoods Restaurant Fillies’ Handicap at Nottingham.
2 mins
Appleby has no step-up fears
CHARLIE Appleby has full con-fidence both Betfred Derby hope Ruling Court and Oaks favourite Desert Flower will cope with the step up in trip when the Newmarket winners tackle a mile-and-a-half at Epsom next month.

2 mins
Lions' Chessum tells of his pride
RUGBY UNION England lock Ollie Chessum savoured a \"first day of school\" feeling as the British and Irish Lions assembled for the first time ahead of this summer's tour of Australia.
1 min
Spectator hit by ball a 'great sport'
GOLF Jon Rahm admitted a signed glove felt a somewhat inadequate gift after hitting a spectator with an errant shot during the third round of the US PGA Championship.
1 min
First-corner move set Max up for win
MAX Verstappen's brilliant openingcorner move on Oscar Piastri fired him to victory at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

2 mins
Durham's three centurions put leaders to the sword
Centuries from Emilio Gay, Ollie Robinson and Graham Clark put Durham in a strong position on a record-breaking day in their Rothesay County Championship clash with Nottinghamshire.
2 mins
Belligerent Bairstow holds up champions' chase for big victory
JONNY Bairstow made a belligerent 64 not out and James Wharton an excellent 67 but Yorkshire are still facing defeat against Surrey at the Kia Oval.

3 mins
No surprises for guessing who's staying and who's not
MIDDLESBROUGH announced their retained list on Friday, and in truth there were few surprises.
4 mins
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