PATIENTS – and their carers and relatives – are being encouraged to get involved in helping to shape the hospital services they use.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has launched two patient and carer involvement banks – one for adults and one for children and young people.

Green waste collections across Middlesbrough are returning to normal after the service was hit by a spate of wagon breakdowns.

Final preparations are under way for the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (NSOU) as it prepares to return to the UK for the first time in over 20 years next month.

A ‘lifeline’ bus route is back up and running after a campaign by local Councillors.

 Middlesbrough Mayor Chris Cooke also joined the call for the reinstatement of Arriva’s 29 bus route serving Marton.