Category: Brotton
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East Cleveland rail study published after years of campaigning
27 July 2026 A long-awaited independent study into reopening the East Cleveland railway line to passenger services has now been published, setting out both the opportunities and the challenges of bringing passenger trains back to the villages. The detailed work, carried out by ARUP and commissioned by Tees Valley Combined…
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Luke backs recovery work changing lives in Brotton
Luke Myer MP has praised the work of addiction charity Recovery Connections after joining local partners to celebrate the charity’s growing impact across Redcar & Cleveland, including its expanding work in Brotton. The event brought together people with lived experience, community leaders and local organisations to recognise the progress being…
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£100 support payments land for East Cleveland families
17 July 2026 Hundreds of households across East Cleveland are receiving extra cost of living support today as the Labour Government’s new Crisis and Resilience Fund begins making automatic payments to eligible residents. In Redcar & Cleveland, households receiving Council Tax Support will receive £100 if they have children or £50 if they do not,…
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Labour funds SEND upgrade for Freebrough
10 June 2026 Freebrough Academy will soon receive refurb funding to support more children with autism at the school’s specialist SEND base, under new plans approved by Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. The council has backed a £45,000 expansion of the SEND base in Brotton. The investment will refurbish and…
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St Peter’s gets refurb funding from Labour Government
28 May 2026 Luke Myer MP has welcomed the news that St Peter’s Church of England Primary School in Brotton has secured Labour Government funding to improve their buildings, as part of a £450 million national programme to upgrade schools across England. St Peter’s was Luke’s primary school growing up,…
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Spring clean blitz for East Cleveland
Streets across East Cleveland are getting a deep clean this spring, as part of a major local effort by the Labour Council, backed by the national Keep Britain Tidy campaign. From mid-March, Streetscene teams are being deployed across East Cleveland towns and villages to carry out intensive cleaning – including…
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Luke makes bus pleas
This article first appeared in the Northern Echo. By Daniel Hodgson, Local Democracy Reporting Service A Teesside MP has made a series of demands about bus services for East Cleveland. Luke Myer, Labour MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland, has written to TVCA transport committee members ahead of a…
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Closing the door on antisocial behaviour in the Brickyards
This week (28 December 2025), a closure order has been secured on a property on Jackson Street in Brotton, following sustained drug activity and serious antisocial behaviour that had been blighting the lives of neighbours. The order, granted by the courts, will see the tenant excluded from the address for…
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Luke pays tribute to Brotton community spirit after Brickyards fire
Today (18 December 2025), Luke Myer MP used his final speech of the year in Parliament to pay tribute to the people of Brotton following the devastating fire on Errington Street recently, and to underline the support now underway for the families affected. Luke visited the Brickyards last week and…
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Luke Myer MP stands up for East Cleveland farmers
Luke Myer MP has again stood up for East Cleveland’s farmers, joining dozens of Labour rural MPs in abstaining on Budget Resolution 50, following a direct request to do so from the National Farmers Union. The NFU urged MPs to abstain to send a clear message to government that its…
