MP wants your views on how to spend £20m

PARK End is set to benefit from a decade-long £20m investment. Described as “huge” by local MP Luke Myer, the news has also been welcomed by Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke and ward Councillor Mick Saunders.

- By DANIEL HODGSON

The money can be used for a variety of purposes, including creating better parks, or fixing empty buildings but plans must be made within the community where the money is heading.

The East Middlesbrough area will see the investment as part of a nationwide £5bn injection of cash into local communities, part of the Pride in Place programme.

This is a widening out of the trailblazer neighbourhoods that were announced back in June, which saw Thorntree in Middlesbrough and Central Stockton and Portrack each handed £20m, although it was reported last month that there has been little progress on this front in Thorntree.

The news comes as part of a wider announcement that people across England will be given the power to revitalise their neglected high streets, create new spaces for young people and take back control of derelict pubs.