Nic Marko Local Democracy Reporter
  • Hartlepool
  • National World

Nic Marko is a local democracy reporter. He covers Sunderland City Council, South Tyneside Council and Hartlepool Borough Council.

Published In

Hartlepool Mail, Chronicle Live

Focus Areas

  • Sunderland City Council
  • South Tyneside Council
  • Hartlepool Borough Council

260 Articles
2 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Calls to 'choke the supply' of petrol to tackle 'massive issue' of off-road bikes in Hartlepool

Calls have been made for work to take place with petrol retailers to help tackle the "massive issue" of off-road bike...

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2 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Plans revealed to demolish Hartlepool garages following ASB and 'other criminal activity'

Plans have been lodged to demolish a block of more than a dozen garages which are "attracting anti-social behaviour a...

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2 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Leading Hartlepool police officer denies rumours that shoplifting offences must reach certain val...

Police have quashed rumours that shoplifting offences must exceed a certain monetary value in order for officers to g...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Plans approved to open pharmacy at Hartlepool building left empty for more than a decade

Plans have been approved for a new pharmacy in Hartlepool at a property which has been left vacant for more than a de...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Instances of violence towards Hartlepool hospital staff fall although figures are still 'extremel...

Hartlepool's hospital trust has seen an "extremely concerning" number of incidents of violence towards staff although...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Bid to turn Hartlepool property into HMO is withdrawn following police concerns

Plans for a seven-person house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Hartlepool aiming to provide "accommodation for workin...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Council tax bills 2024-25: How much most Hartlepool households will pay is revealed

Calculations have been finalised around how much residents in Hartlepool will pay in council tax during the upcoming ...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Hartlepool Borough Council leader Mike Young and Tory colleague Tom Cassidy apologise for breachi...

Hartlepool Borough Council's leader and a party colleague have apologised after being found to have breached the code...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Plans approved to transform derelict former Hartlepool amusement arcade

Plans have been approved to bring a vacant former amusement arcade "at threat of falling into disrepair" in Hartlepoo...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Former Hartlepool business centre to be transformed into flats

Plans have been approved to convert a vacant block of offices into six flats.

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Hartlepool Borough Council offers amnesty to people wrongly claiming council tax discount

Local authority chiefs are to have an "amnesty" as part of plans to reduce council tax fraud and save an estimated £1...

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3 months ago
hartlepoolmail.co.uk

Seven-figure cost of repairing Hartlepool's Middleton Grange Shopping Centre revealed with improv...

Essential £1.4million improvements and upgrades to Middleton Grange Shopping Centre are to start “immediately” after ...

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