Emily Craigie
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LBC's North East reporter | Former local democracy reporter covering Teesside and PR for @BBCNewsPR & @UNICEF_uk
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Great scenes in Middlesbrough where there are loads of people out to help with the clean up after yesterday’s disorder
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Really heartwarming scenes in Sunderland where people are out already cleaning up after last night’s disorder
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And here he is talking to people outside who’ve been waiting to see the future king
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Prince William has arrived at James’ Place in Newcastle
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Maria Scott and Julie Cain gave Prince William flowers as he was leaving
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An FOI has revealed the council failed to conduct a structural survey before splashing out £750k on the Crown pub. It's now cordoned off until a survey can take place & is one of the assets on the MDC list
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Labour campaigners celebrating alongside Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke (Lab) - 10,956
John Cooper (Con) - 2,997
Andy Preston (Ind) - 10,196
Jon Rathmell (Ind) - 3,102
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🚨 Belated personal news 🚨
Very excited to start as a local democracy reporter this week based at
@TeessideLive
I'll be mainly covering Middlesbrough Council - my DMs are open for stories/tips!
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I'm leaving the Gazette! You can apply for my job here:
It's a really interesting role and you'd be working with a fab team. Happy to answer any questions/ have a chat about it, just drop me a DM
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Letter from Middlesbrough Council to DLUHC calling for delay to development corporation over concerns about assets & readiness to take on powers
Tories have accused Labour of "trojan horse" bid to kill MDC but Labour's Chris Cooke said he wants a “deal that works for everyone"
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Just arriving in parliament for the Defra select committee starting at 2:30pm today. The committee is holding a session on the mass crustacean deaths affecting the Teesside and North Yorkshire coast
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Third time lucky passing 100 wpm shorthand 🎉 now massively regretting dry January
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Steven Mailen, 54, and his partner Ryan Sheers, 29 - who was bitten by a police dog - were each jailed for 26 months for their role in the Hartlepool disorder
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My story on the tarmac outside of people's homes being painted red (spotted by
@laura_love87
) has been picked up by The Sun and is currently leading their website!
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I'm here at Middlesbrough Sports Village for the mayoral election count just as the polls are about to close
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Nice to see the BBC picking up my interview with Ben Houchen
Conservative Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen defends his peerage given by Boris Johnson
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EY's audit report published in July said the council couldn't explain the exact nature of the services provided by the mayor's adviser and now it can't say how many hours/days/weeks of work were completed while he was in post, despite spending nearly £32k
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Feel like I might've reached peak millennial - went for a nighttime swim in the sea because there was a full moon
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Not every day you get woken up by a call at 6:58am to say you'll be interviewing the Prime Minister
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Here at the Middlesbrough Town Hall crypt as the ballots arrive for the Ladgate by-election
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Andy Preston has followed up on earlier comments saying that places like Kensington & Chelsea and Surrey also need to take in their 'fair share' of refugees
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I'm here at Middlesbrough Council's budget meeting tonight - cuts worth £12.4m are lined up as part of the proposals and a 3.99% council tax rise is on the cards too
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Andy Preston's comments, that were part of my story about the rise of complaints between councillors, were also picked up by The Guardian today 👇
‘Self-obsessed not bright’: what Middlesbrough’s mayor thinks of his councillors
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Ray Mallon said: “I am not on the payroll of Teesworks or STDC, and I never have been. I have a close relationship with Chris Musgrave, and of course, we have spoken about Teesworks since he got involved in late 2019.”
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When I booked tickets in 2019 I thought it'd be a slightly inconvenient train down to Brighton from London to get on the Glasto bus but it's now a six hour trek from the North East and an overnight stay 😂
But, Glastonbury, finally!! 🎉🎉
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Good scoop from The Times that we picked up - former Stockton South MP James Wharton, now Lord Wharton of Yarm, didn't declare his donations to Ben Houchen despite interviewing his wife, Rachel Houchen, for a public role
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A nice start to the week to see my piece on the proposed road through Mandale Meadow picked up by the BBC over the weekend
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Final piece just been submitted for the day so that's me off. It's been my first time covering local elections and it certainly hasn't been dull (not that Middlesbrough is ever boring) - hope everyone involved in all of the campaigns gets some time to chill this weekend!
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My first story went up today! 📝
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We've launched! 🎉
Delighted to announce that
@BucksLiveNews
is now live! Congratulations to
@getlucy
@TomBurnett88
@SophieDrewBucks
@journoshaz
@EmilyCraigie
. Today is just the start, and I can't wait to see the site go from strength to strength
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First 3 jailed for violent disorder in Sunderland
Andrew Smith, 41, of High Street East, Sunderland, jailed for 26 months
Josh Kellett, 29, of Southcroft, Washington, jailed for 2 and a half years
Leanne Hodgson, 43, of Holborn Road, Sunderland, jailed for 2 and a half years
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The teenage lads blasting ABBA really added to the post-work dip
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Obligatory airport drink, even more fitting when you're Benidorm bound 😂
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Some top quality respite from all of the Covid news
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A couple of my pieces were mentioned at the full council meeting last night. This one where John Kabuye calls for more Black councillors in Middlesbrough (there are currently none)
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Starting the election night in Sunderland before heading down to Hartlepool, armed with a truly ridiculous amount of snacks
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They’d spent the afternoon at the bingo with a couple of pints before drinking 8/9 cans of lager at home and came across the disorder on Murray Street when they went to the shop to buy more booze. Mailen was described as one of the main instigators of the disturbance.
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The BBC has picked up my piece into bullying allegations against the mayor, Andy Preston has said it is part of a 'mudslinging campaign' by his rivals
Middlesbrough mayor Andy Preston is facing an external investigation into allegations he bullied council staff and members
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My exclusive on the soaring costs of private residential placements for children in care - with the LGA accusing some private firms of making money off the most vulnerable children in society
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And last up was 30 year old Carl Holliday, of Tankerville Street in Hartlepool, who was jailed for two years and eight months.
He was described as a chronic alcoholic who’d drunk 30 cans of lager before repeatedly hurling sheets of metal at the police.
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After a few hours of sleep, where I woke up more than once panicked it was midday and I'd missed the results, I'm back at the sports village! Ward counts are now underway
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Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland MP Simon Clarke was paid £700 for five hours of work in December last year. Yesterday, he criticised nurses on £35k for using food banks saying there was something wrong with their budgeting
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Here at the Berwick Hills and Pallister by-election this evening as the polls are about to close
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Some strong words from the chair of the Middlesbrough South branch of the Labour Party after it came 3rd in the Ladgate by-election yesterday
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Sunderland earlier tonight - there’s been a torched police office, smashed up cars (and one set on fire) and plenty of missiles thrown at police
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Tell me you're a Geordie without telling me you're a Geordie...
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Bobby Shirbon, 18, of Cornwall Street in Hartlepool, has been sentenced to 20 months in a young offenders’ institute for two counts of violent disorder in Hartlepool (over two consecutive nights - July 31 and August 1)
He was seen throwing planks of wood and bottles at officers
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The Sun has picked up my piece about school dinners in Middlesbrough after one mum called for a return of nuggets and pizza while another complained that a choice between Quorn chicken curry or a vegetable lasagne wasn't really a proper choice
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DLUHC has told Middlesbrough Council that intervention could be on the cards if it doesn't sort out its governance issues quickly - reviews found a pervasive lack of trust, while staff reported being bullied and were embarrassed by politicians' behaviour
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Think Nigella might be having us on with putting the turkey in a bucket of murky water and leaving it outside. Guess we'll find out tomorrow 🦃
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Been in Newcastle this evening where there were hundreds of counter protestors - lots of people told me how overwhelmed they were at the turnout (but many also not surprised!)
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Definitely had quieter weeks at work 😂
This week we secured some important coverage after
@UNICEF
found that 500,000 children in the UK were not vaccinated and at risk of contracting
#measles
between 2010-2017
#VaccinesWork
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“You have got to set an example, young girls are probably told off for having their skirt at a certain length, and then you have a headmistress who was parading about in this little tiny short dress. I was gobsmacked."
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He had also been at the bingo on the 31st July - he was celebrating his 18th birthday with his family before he went to get involved in the riot
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When these are the choice of films and you end up in Cats...
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Sat down with the new mayor Chris Cooke at the end of last week to hear about his vision for Middlesbrough
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The revoking of support came after Cllr High (ex MIG leader) announced he was in the race to be Labour's candidate for mayor. He's questioned the timing of the u-turn but the trio said they regret how it's been handled & wish they'd taken a different route
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The mayor said abandoning Afghans who have risked their lives by fighting alongside British forces was 'not an option'
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After two years of closure today was meant to be the day boats would be landing on the Farne Islands once again - but classic British weather has meant no boats will be going out until (hopefully!) tomorrow
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Still reeling from the man on the street who said to me, "your figure will be out the window if you eat all that" when I walked past with dinner today. Girls, we can't even enjoy a Tesco meal deal in peace
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Mieka Smiles will stay on the MDC board despite no longer being in the exec, the argument being that she wasn't appointed in her role as deputy mayor and remains a cllr so can stay for the two-year term. Can't see that going down well with Labour tho...
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Lee Garvey has decided to stand down meaning there'll be a by-election to look forward to!
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'We were struck by the language used by members and officers, which was often adversarial and reflected closed positions' - anyone who has sat through a Middlesbrough full council meeting will just nod, knowingly
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Kieron Gatenby, 19, has been sentenced to 16 months in a young offender’s institute for violent disorder in Hartlepool on July 31.
He was part of a group throwing missiles towards officers and he was seen throwing an egg.
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Massively regretting being tight and not paying to stay at Edinburgh before our flight 🤦🏻♀️
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So
@JasminKParis
absolutely smashing it and winning the 286 mile ultramarathon while expressing breast milk is making me think that I could perhaps could get up for that saturday parkrun
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I'm going to get a few hours of sleep but I'll be back at 10am to do all this fun again! Every councillor is up for re-election and there might be some fireworks after tonight's result...
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A truly bizarre tale - a scammer is posing to be Andy Preston, promising thousands of pounds worth of gifts and then persuading women to pay hundreds of euros to get it into their country
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Not one councillor at today's TVCA overview and scrutiny committee, where Ben Houchen was present, asked about Middlesbrough's mayoral development corporation - feels like a massive oversight given the developments over the last week
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A couple of days ago I wrote about Middlesbrough Council refusing to release two reports after FOI requests. Now, Andy McDonald has come out and called for the reports to be published as he has 'nothing to hide'
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Tried and failed to put Scooter on last night, gentrification in action 😂
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Ian Blades (Labour) 361
John Cooper (Conservative) 53
Sophie Drumm (Liberal Democrats) 11
Steven James (Independent) 204
Annette Dawn Fermin (Green Party) 7
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Cleveland Police has revealed 34 reports of incidents at Empire since Dec 2021. Allegations include a stabbing, women being groped, violent door staff, a bouncer using a homophobic slur, clubgoers being glassed and a man knocked unconscious
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A massive loyalist is out the door here
I have agonised throughout today - I have supported the Prime Minister through thick and thin.
It’s because of my loyalty to him, that I urge him to now step aside and allow the country to move forward.
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Middlesbrough Labour MP Andy McDonald has arrived in good spirits following last night's mayoral result. He said: "It was a great victory for Chris Cooke but also the entire Labour team."
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Serious issues have been uncovered at Middlesbrough Council - the chief exec thinks the use of further powers (potential for commissioners) is a case of "when not if"
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I'm here at the site of the new late night e-gaming venue The Wired Lobby for a special announcement from Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston and Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen
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The BBC has picked up my piece about auditors not taking further action against Middlesbrough Council. An audit report in July found a “pervasive lack of trust” at the LA but steps have been taken to improve (tho still concern there won't be enough change)
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I’m here at Middlesbrough Council’s executive meeting today where councillors will be voting on the SLAM nightclub demolition, a pest control service, improvements for cultural venues, further cash for TeesAMP & investment for the town's worst roads
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The photos came from an FOI request for a design brief after it was revealed the council spent £145k on a scrapped project and that document was all they had to show for it
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👇🏻it only takes a few seconds
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It's certainly visible...
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Are we going to get an explanation about why the strictly judges are in the gherkin?
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Out of 1,465 fixed-term exclusions since September 2021, 1,205 were from just two schools. The academy chain said following Covid "a small number of children at times have fallen short of our expectations and this has resulted in a peak in suspensions"
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Spend a lot of my time covering cuts/rows/failures so nice to go somewhere and just write something positive about a project that's great - thanks to
@Linx_Youth
for having me and everyone who was keen to chat!
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