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Teesworks has secured a spot on the final shortlist of locations to host Rolls-Royce’s first factory manufacturing parts for its fleet of clean energy power stations;

Three more schools in our area are set to welcome extra investment to improve facilities as part of the Government's School Rebuilding Programme;

...and Quad bikes which were seized by Cleveland Police have been destroyed as part of a crackdown on illegal and antisocial riders.

Teesworks has secured a spot on the final shortlist of locations to host Rolls-Royce’s first factory manufacturing parts for its fleet of clean energy power stations.  

The heavy pressure vessels factory will produce and assemble some of the largest and most complex components of the Rolls-Royce for its small modular reactor power station.

The facility – which represents a £100million to £200million investment – will be around the size of three football pitches and create more than 200 long-term, highly skilled roles. It will have the capacity to generate enough low-carbon energy to power one million homes.

It would also support the region’s net zero ambitions, complementing projects already earmarked for the Teesworks site, including the under-construction SeAH Wind Monopile manufacturing plant, the bp-led Net Zero Teesside scheme and Circular Fuels’ renewable gas facility.

Three more schools in our area are set to welcome extra investment to improve facilities as part of the Government's School Rebuilding Programme.

Lingdale Primary, Lockwood Primary and Nunthorpe Academy have been named as three of the latest 239 schools across England set to benefit from the Government's ten-year School Rebuilding Programme, which has invested over £13 billion to maintain and improve schools since 2015.

400 schools have been announced so far, with a further 100 expected to be confirmed in future years.

Work to rebuild the schools announced will start immediately, creating jobs, apprenticeships, and training opportunities around the country.

Quad bikes which were seized by Cleveland Police have been destroyed as part of a crackdown on illegal and antisocial riders.

A total of six quads were crushed at a facility on the Trunk Road on Thursday, as Chief Constable Mark Webster vowed to continue the force’s proactive work.

The quads were seized and crushed as part of Operation Endurance – an ongoing campaign which tackles anti-social behaviour caused by off-road bikes in local communities across our area.

As part of the operation, the force launched ‘Back on Track’ which sees young people engage in a six-week educational programme to enhance their knowledge on bikes and quads.

The scheme has been developed by Cleveland Police and will be funded by the area’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Steve Turner.