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Hundreds of "deaths in poverty" in Middlesbrough

Hundreds of people in Middlesbrough spent their final months living in poverty last year, new analysis suggests. End of life charity Marie Curie, which carried out the research, urged the Government ...
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Teesside worst in region for child poverty, says report

A report has placed Teesside as worst for the number of children in the North East growing up in poverty. The statistics reveal that 52% of children in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East are living in ...
The Northern Echo

North East MP responds to new child poverty figures

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Sky

Inside the town where 6 out of 7 children grow up in poverty - and live in fear of homelessness

The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era. The staggering levels of child poverty here also feel like they belong in a different time. Six out of every seven ...