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
He estimates it is costing the family business in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, around £900 every month.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025
Sam Elliott, 50, created The Caff in Stockton-on-Tees as a "safe space" for people struggling with issues like loneliness, the cost-of-living crisis and addiction.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
His body was found on Friday, a day after he went missing after going off with a friend in an area known as the Muddies in Ingleby Barwick, Stockton-on-Tees, and entering the water.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2025
I had already met three friends I knew in Middlesborough, the three brothers O’Gorman—I had made their acquaintance some time previously at Keighley—and they agreed to walk back with me to Stockton-on-Tees.
From Adventures and Recollections by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
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