Stockton-on-Tees
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a former port and industrial centre in NE England, in Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority, Co Durham, on the River Tees: famous for the Stockton-Darlington Railway (1825), the first passenger-carrying railway in the world; now mainly residential. Pop: 80 060 (2001)
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a unitary authority in NE England, in Co Durham and North Yorkshire: created in 1996 from part of Cleveland county. Pop: 186 300 (2003 est). Area: 195 sq km (75 sq miles)
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Sunjit Kang, 40, who was the head of ICT and Business at The Grangefield Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, was found to have made a "concerted effort to falsify grades and examination performance" in about October 2023.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2026
Cleveland - which covers Stockton-on-Tees as well as areas such as Middlesbrough and Redcar - appears to be England and Wales's shoplifting capital.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
The twins, from Stockton-on-Tees, had gone from "strength to strength" since being born prematurely at just 26 weeks and two days gestation.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
He vowed to fight for government funding for a new hospital to replace North Tees hospital in Stockton-on-Tees, an ageing estate he said had a lifespan of "five to eight years, maximum".
From BBC ● May 9, 2024
We trudged by road to Otley, Ripley, and Ripon, Thirsk and on to Stockton-on-Tees.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
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