Floral tributes laid at the scene where John Wright died in Stockton TWO men have been found guilty for their roles in the murder of an addict after he used a fake £20 to buy drugs. John Wright was beaten with an extendable baton and stabbed in the back with a knife during a violent confrontation in Stockton town centre last December. This morning Jordan Vaughan was found guilty of murder after delivering the fatal blow with a knife. His co-accused Kienan Johnson was cleared of murder but convicted of manslaughter after using the baton to deliver a series of blows to the body and legs of the 41-year-old.
Billingham Forum A TRIO of mass testing sites have been unveiled north and south of the Tees ready for launch in the New Year. Stockton has been chosen as one of 67 Tier Three pilot sites in a programme to swab Teessiders without Covid symptoms. Now council chiefs have revealed Splash, in Stockton town centre, will see testing launched from January 6 with Thornaby Pavilion and The Forum, in Billingham, set to become hubs soon after. Mass “community testing” has already started in Darlington with the Dolphin Centre used to test asymptomatic people in the borough in the run up to Christmas.
The long-awaited estate in Allens West already had outline planning permission granted by Stockton Council. But fresh worries were aired about the lack of shops and facilities on the estate as well as the prospect of hundreds of extra cars funnelling onto Durham Lane at Wednesday’s Stockton planning committee. Taylor Wimpey and the Home Group will build the two, three and four-bedroom homes on the former MOD site with access from an existing roundabout. However, there were no fewer than 150 objections ahead of the meeting – with concerns over how schools will cope, to loss of trees and congestion on surrounding roads.
Seven car pile up causes rush hour traffic chaos on busy Teesside commuter road
Two lanes were blocked and several patients treated for injuries at the scene on Wednesday morning
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The three sites council will use to roll out mass covid testing in Stockton
Army personnel have been helping teams in Stockton prepare the large-scale scheme, after the council was one of 64 chosen for the scheme
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