Efforts to make the Tees Valley a 'City of Culture' in 2025 officially dropped
Please Credit Picture:Keith Taylor. EFFORTS to make the Tees Valley a “City of Culture” in 2025 have been dropped. Bids opened for cities and regions to vie to win the label last week after Coventry’s tenure began earlier this month. But Hartlepool Council leader Shane Moore has confirmed the Tees Valley Combined Authority (TVCA) will not be pursuing the status for the region. A push to make the region a “City of Culture” was first mooted in 2015, when former Teesside University vice-chancellor, Professor Graham Henderson, announced Tees Valley Unlimited and its part...