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Rishi Sunak puts a brave face on local elections disaster as his survival hopes are boosted by Tory mayor holding on in Tees Valley - after Blackpool South by-election collapse and council bloodbath
Daily Mail

This video is no longer available This video is no longer available Rishi Sunak put a brave face on grim elections today - as he was given a glimmer of hope with Labour conceding defeat in the Tees Valley mayoral battle. In a boost for Rishi Sunak, senior sources acknowledged that they had 'fallen short' of ousting Tory incumbent Ben …

The 36-year-old remains defiant, however. Nevertheless, what “does not pass the sniff test” in the words of Andy McDonald, Labour’s Middlesbrough MP, is how two local developers, Chris Musgrave and Martin Corney, came to take a 90pc stake in Europe’s biggest brownfield site, leaving taxpayers with just 10pc. Teesworks Ltd is a public-private partnership between South Tees Development Corporation – …

Tvesa Malik looks ahead to full season as she tees off in South Africa

Indian golfer Tvesa Malik is all set for her first event of the year on the Ladies European Tour at the Investec South African Women’s Open this week. The event, the first of this season's LET schedule, has special significance as it offers four spots at the US Women’s Open. The SA Women’s Open has good memories for Indian players, …

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The Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen is in talks with ministers and Middle East investors over a deal to create a new super-port and “level up” Britain’s former industrial heartlands. Some 4,500 acres of land including the former SSI steelworks is now owned by the South Tees Development Corporation chaired by Mr Houchen, representing the biggest regeneration project in the …

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