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Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen said the move 'put us on the map'

The Blast Furnace was commissioned in 1979 and could produce 10,000 tonnes of iron a day

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Ben Houchen accused Greater Manchester mayor of having power without responsibility

Kwasi Kwarteng to bring forward fiscal statement to later this month amid disquiet in party over spending cuts hitting poorest

The former Levelling Up Secretary says the region has grappled with 'historic challenges'

Basic Oxygen Steelmaking in Redcar, which shut seven years ago, blown up using 1.6 tonnes of explosives

A former steelworks has been torn down in what is believed to be one of the biggest explosive demolitions in the UK. Dramatic pictures of the 65-metre-tall (213ft) Basic Oxygen Steelmaking (BOS) plant in Redcar being blown up emerged after Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen pressed the button to detonate…

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