Recently added articles from Hartlepool Mail (Hartlepool, England):
A weekly windfall's grand for Rebecca.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A MUM will be feeling grand every week for the next year after landing a lotto cash windfall. Rebecca Randall, 19, from Billingham, scooped [pounds sterling]1,000 a week for the next year on the National Lottery's Weekly Grand scratchcard. Rebecca, mum to ...
Dry dock for ghost ships.
Aug 04, 2008 ... PREPARATION work to scrap four so-called ghost ships on the outskirts of Hartlepool has started after a recycling firm won permission to dismantle the rotting vessels. Able UK has been busy getting ready to break up the controversial ghost ships berthed at its Graythorp site, ...
Gaymes are back in the running.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A GAY Games-style event held for the first time in Hartlepool last summer will return for a second year. The town will host The Gaymes 2008 after last year's event proved popular, with more than 100 people taking part. Hart Gables, a support group for lesbian, gay, ...
Festival still on ... but more cash is needed.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A GLASTONBURY-STYLE festival will go ahead despite funding fears. The Pig Pen festival, which has been held at High Farm at Elwick, on the outskirts of Hartlepool, since 2005, is taking place next month. But festival bosses, who have been saved from cancelling the ...
Police turn screw on metal thieves.
Aug 04, 2008 ... DETECTIVES are stepping up their efforts in the battle with metal thieves across town. Hartlepool CID have launched an operation in a bid to identify offenders who are stealing valuable metals, like lead and copper. The problem is causing headaches for police in the ...