Residents of Hartlepool were quick to give their views after hearing of Jill Mortimer s historic by-election win on Friday.
The Conservative candidate stormed to victory with a majority of 6,940 votes, ending Labour s 57-year hold on the County Durham town.
Mrs Mortimer was declared the winner just after 7am after receiving 15,529 votes, with Labour s Paul Williams finishing second on 8,589 votes and independent challenger Samantha Lee coming third with 2,904 votes.
Reacting to the news, one local said Labour would have to climb to the moon and back to recoup what has been lost while others spoke of disillusionment with the party.
Another praised Prime Minister Boris Johnson for visiting during the campaign, saying the trips showed he cares .
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image captionSanjeev Gupta, who has been called the saviour of steel
The principal financial backer of one of the UK s largest industrial groups has fallen into administration.
Specialist bank Greensill Capital was the main lender to businessman Sanjeev Gupta s sprawling empire, which includes Liberty Steel.
The appointment of administrators to Greensill puts 5,000 jobs at risk at Liberty Steel and other firms.
In a court filing, Greensill said Mr Gupta s operations were in financial difficulty and defaulting on debt.
Mr Gupta declined to comment on the claims, but his business GFG Alliance earlier said that it had adequate funding for its current needs.
TEES Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has kick-started work to knock down Teesworks’ torpedo ladle shed in what is the site’s biggest demolition project to date. Built in the 1920s, the 250,000sq ft shed was used to house specially designed rail ladles, called torpedoes, which were hauled by purpose-built 70-tonne locos over a four-mile rail system to move molten iron from the Redcar Blast Furnace and into the BOS plant for processing. Each torpedo weighed 350 tonnes empty and 700 tonnes when filled with molten iron. The ladle shed has laid unused since 2015 when the blast furnace closed, with the ladles removed during the closure.
First look at how Steel House could be redeveloped in plans for former HQ
The imposing building will be redeveloped with new cladding and windows to provide office space and support services
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Steel House at Redcar s former steelworks site could be completely transformed as part of major redevelopment work.
First pictures of how the imposing building could look have been released by the Tees Valley Combined Authority.