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Hartlepool is an odd place.Originally an Anglo-Saxon monastic settlement, later a coal port, and more recently a fishing town struggling to survive. It’s a geographical appendix to the historical County Durham body; a peninsula jutting out in the county’s lower regions that is now, apparently, surplus to requirements.
An investigation is to take place looking at what sanctions can be imposed against a North East councillor who pleaded guilty to assault last month.
Councillor Ged Hall, who has been a member of Hartlepool Council for 18 years, has re-joined Labour,
Gordon Cranney, who admitted assaulting a woman, will continue on the council as an independent.
Hartlepool councillor Gordon Cranney was returned to his Seaton ward last week.