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• Chinese takeaway owner faces fine for filthy shop
  Tuesday 21 May 2013
  Food hygiene offences cost the owner of a Chinese takeaway £4,000 in fines following a successful prosecution by Stockton Council's environmental health officers at Teesside Magistrates Court.
• Join the Mayor for Sunday Parade
  Tuesday 21 May 2013
  The Mayor of Stockton on Tees, Councillor Kathryn Nelson, invites you to the annual Mayor's Parade and Sunday Service on Sunday, 9 June.
• UK's largest ECO scheme to benefit 5000 Stockton Borough homes
  Monday 20 May 2013
  A scheme which has brought warmer homes, lower energy bills and 500 new jobs to Stockton-on-Tees is now being extended across the borough, making it the first of its kind in the UK. The GoWarm project, run by Community Interest Company Community Energy Solutions (CES) and Stockton Borough Council, has already helped 1700 homes across Stockton and Thornaby to improve their energy efficiency and reduce their fuel bills by up to £750 a year.
• Stockton Council launches 'Dementia Awareness Week'
  Monday 20 May 2013
  Stockton Council, the local Clinical Commissioning Group and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust and partners will be holding a week long programme of events to help raise awareness of dementia and provide activities and support for those living with – or those caring for individuals with – dementia.
• Love Stockton Market!
  Friday 17 May 2013
  COME and get a taste of being a market trader on Stockton Market. Over the last few months traders who have been selling their wares at Stockton's Specialist markets have been competing for a chance to win a free place on the town's famous regular market to trade for one day.
• Can you build them?
  Friday 17 May 2013
  STOCKTON'S Riveting Stuff festival is issuing a challenge far and wide – can you build a working raft or bridge? The Riveting Stuff festival, held at the Tees Barrage from Friday 31 May – Sunday 2 June, is a celebration of our proud engineering history and a look to the future. There are a host of activities and displays throughout the event and on Saturday 1 June (10am – 5pm) and Sunday 2 June (11am – 5pm) there are two special team challenges.
• Zip down to Riveting Stuff!
  Thursday 16 May 2013
  VISITORS to Stockton’s Riveting Stuff festival will have the ride of a lifetime down a free zip wire high above the River Tees at the Tees Barrage. The three day celebration of our engineering history and future at the Tees Barrage will feature the zip wire on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 June.
• Stockton Council to get extra value from land and buildings
  Thursday 16 May 2013
  Stockton Council’s Cabinet tonight (16 May) approved plans to create more value from a range of its land and buildings.
• Stockton Council's cabinet approves £9.4million savings
  Thursday 16 May 2013
  Stockton Council's Cabinet tonight (16 May) recommended for full Council approval proposals to save £9.4 million over the next four years.
• Getting riveted at Stockton
  Wednesday 15 May 2013
  Stockton's opening event for the region-wide Festival of the North East is quite literally Riveting Stuff! People of all ages will be able to celebrate Teesside's proud engineering history and be inspired to be part of its bright future - and see how rivets are made.