Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen today heralded a new dawn for Teesside International Airport with the return of daily flights to London, reconnecting Teesside, Darlington and Hartlepool to the capital by air for the first time in 11 years.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has pledged to reintroduce healthcare services in Hartlepool if re-elected in May.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak MP and the Treasury’s Executive Management Board, made up of the department’s most senior officials, to some of the region’s most important sites and significant developments.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today (January 13) announced he will introduce free parking in town centres across the Tees Valley if he is re-elected in May.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the Government’s commitment to provide an extra £71million to support the redevelopment of the former SSI steelworks in Redcar.

Ben Houchen today (Monday 6th January) launched his campaign for re-election as the Tees Valley Mayor during a speech at AV Dawson in Middlesbrough, with a bold pledge to bring steelmaking back to Teesside.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today signed off £23.6m in funding that will enable the building of a major logistics and manufacturing park at Teesside International Airport. 

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has welcomed the announcement by Amazon that they have opened a brand new fulfilment centre in Darlington and that recruitment for 1,000 professional jobs is already open.

MORE than 4,000 new jobs could be created as part of plans to build a new logistics and manufacturing park at Teesside International Airport.

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen has today demanded the new Government provides £50million to support the redevelopment of the former SSI steelworks in Redcar.