Newcastle-based the Inn Collection Group was previously on board for the project to add a 42 bedroom hotel and restaurant on the seafront at Coatham.

But scrutiny committee members at Redcar and Cleveland Council were recently told the developer was “exploring alternative options”.

It was reported the company planned to invest about £6m in development of the project, which now appears to be in limbo.

Money from the Tees Valley Combined Authority – £294,000 – has been allocated and spent on remediating the land, off Majuba Road, in order to pave the way for construction of the hotel with the council employing a contractor for the required groundworks.

Councillors at a meeting were told that the site – located between the TunedIn! building and a crazy golf course ‘Frosty Penguin’s Putting Adventure’ which opened in 2023 – had “attracted interest from multiple investors, and potential future options may emerge”.

Meanwhile, a council spokeswoman said: “Discussions are ongoing about the future of the site.”

The fenced off site on Majuba Road which has been earmarked for a new hotel. Picture/credit: Google. Free for use for all LDRS partners.

The Local Democracy Reporting Service has attempted to contact the Inn Collection Group, only to receive no response to date.

The council, which has an ongoing masterplan in place for the regeneration of Coatham, formalised a heads of terms agreement with the hotel chain in 2020 – a subject to contract framework for negotiations – and planning permission for the development was later granted.

But even then doubts had already surfaced with former council leader Sue Jeffrey questioning whether council chiefs had a “plan B” should the hotel developer pull out.

In an update delivered to the council in March 2024, Councillor Lynn Pallister, the cabinet member for growth and enterprise, appeared to confirm everything was still on track, stating that once remediation was finished “the plan is for the Inn Collection Group to begin developing the hotel”.

She added: “Coatham seafront has received a complete makeover this past year, with leisure facilities on the seafront boosting tourism in the area, and we’ll soon be welcoming a big hotel chain to complement this. 

“The Coatham area is close to Redcar’s town centre, train station and the UK’s largest industrial zone Teesworks, so the hotel will be in a great location.”

Councillor Chris Jones, who chairs the growth scrutiny committee at the council, said he had previously asked officers for an update and it would be a “real blow” if nothing was currently on the table in terms of the earmarked development.

In 2022 tourist visitors to Redcar and Cleveland contributed an estimated £216m to the local economy.

But the same year consultation responses from those working in the tourism sector to a destination management strategy published by the council highlighted how there was a “dependence on day visits”.

The borough was also said previously to have only one hotel with more than 50 rooms which would cater in larger numbers for people wishing to stay overnight.

A new hotel in Coatham was originally discussed for the Coatham green side of Majuba Road.

But following the demolition of the old Redcar Bowl venue that land was allocated for a new 5,000 seater arena project.

The ambitious plans bit the dust last year after failing to attract the required investment.

Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana admitted his side were handed a reality check by Paris Saint-Germain after last night’s sobering Champions League defeat.

Liam Rosenior’s young side were more than a match for the holders and fully deserved to be on terms when Enzo Fernandez made it 2-2 shortly before the hour mark.

A catastrophic error from goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, however, presented Vitinha with the chance to restore PSG’s lead with 16 minutes remaining and two late goals from substitute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia left Chelsea with a mountain to climb in next week’s return fixture.

Ousmane Dembele, recently returned from injury, had earlier given Luis Enrique’s side a 2-1 lead, applying the perfect finish to a sweeping move having tied Fofana up in knots in the process.

‘It’s nothing new,’ said Fofana when asked to assess PSG’s class in attack. ‘I think everyone knows it. Last year, they were European champions, and that’s not for nothing.

‘They have a Ballon d’Or winner, they have Ousmane (Dembele), who is among the best players in the world, even now, even though he’s coming back from injury.

‘So yes, for sure, they are great players, they only have great players.’

The tie was still in the balance heading into the closing stages but the impact Kvaratskhelia made coming off the bench is likely to prove decisive with the Georgia international punishing Chelsea’s naivety.

‘We saw it, they bring on another great player (Kvaratskhelia). He hurt us, he scores two goals.

‘Was it a difficult moment? Physically, we were struggling because we pressed a lot, we tried to go man-to-man throughout the match, but they are a great team.

‘Tonight, they showed that, so hats off to them.’

Pedro Neto, meanwhile, has apologised for pushing a ball boy to the ground during a frenetic end to the game.

The incident occurred with Chelsea trailing 4-2 in stoppage time at the Parc des Princes Rosenior’s side sought a late response.

The PSG players reacted angrily after Neto wrestled the ball off the ball boy, leaving him on the ground and sparking a melee, and the Portuguese winger spoke after the match to hold his hands up.

‘I want to come out to say the situation that happened on the pitch, I want to apologise to the ball boy,’ the 26-year-old told TNT Sports.

‘I already spoke with him. With the emotions of the game, we were losing, I wanted to pick up the ball. I gave him a little push and I saw that I hurt him in a sort of way.

‘I’m not like this. I went there to apologise, I gave him my shirt as well. That cannot happen, so I’m really, really sorry about that.’

Neto escaped without any punishment from the referee, and head coach Rosenior also apologised in his post-match press conference.

“If there was anything from our side that was wrong or out of order, I apologise on behalf of the club,” he said.

It was the home side who had the last laugh, though, with Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scoring his second goal four minutes into stoppage time to make it 5-2 and put PSG within touching distance of the quarter-finals.

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La Cocina in Richmond closed its doors temporarily at the end of last year after the previous owners stepped down, three years after launching the restaurant.

The much‑loved venue said it was pausing trade while it looked for new owners to “secure its future.”

Taking to social media last night (March 10), staff confirmed La Cocina will reopen on March 14 at 5pm.

The post said: “We are over the moon here at Cocina to announce on March 14, we will be opening our doors again.

“Our inbox is open for bookings from now or contact the restaurant directly, we cannot wait to have our doors open again and for the staff and chef to be back in the building coming back to join our new venture.

“We want to take a moment to give a special thank you to our fantastic new owners, Chris, Lisa and Lorraine who have made this all possible and have secured our future here on Rosemary Lane.

“We also owe another thank you to our original owners, Gary and Dawn, who three years ago opened Cocina’s doors for the very first time, we wish them the very best.

“Here’s to MANY more years of Cocina.”

Since announcing the news, many long‑standing customers have taken to social media to share their excitement.

One person said: “Fabulous news. Very best wishes and loads of love to the new management. I just know you’ll be great.”

Another added: “Great news to hear that Cocina will be opening its doors again, sending best wishes to you all and good luck.”

As the website is currently undergoing a “makeover”, the owners have asked customers to book via the Facebook page, email jaelacocina@gmail.com or call 01748826576.

Rated 3.9 on TripAdvisor, the restaurant has drawn praise for its relaxed atmosphere and fresh Mediterranean dishes.

One reviewer wrote: “La Cocina has been a great place to either grab a quick, little bite or to enjoy a casual dinner with family or friends.

“They have good happy hour prices on margaritas. The quality of the food has always been fresh and delicious.”

La Cocina is based at 7 Rosemary Lane, DL10 4DP, and is a short walk from Richmond’s market place.

“But I do think the idea of a basic level of charter – I don’t know, there might be an example out there – but an overall charter that has a time length like this, I think there should be a standard provision that just goes forever, basically, until Parliament, or whatever the mechanism is, decides through recent debate – actively, actively, not passively – to say, okay, we don’t want the BBC anymore.”

Djokovic, runner-up to Alcaraz at January’s Australian Open, won 87% of points on his serve as he clinched the opening set.

However, Draper levelled to force a decider as the quality rose, with Djokovic winning a gruelling 26-shot rally in the opening game at 30-30 on the Serb’s serve.

The Briton broke his rival’s next service game but, serving for the match at 5-4 up, was broken back as the match went to a tie-break.

Once again, Draper regrouped impressively to advance and set up a quarter-final against former world number one Daniil Medvedev.

“It was a real physical battle, there were definitely a lot of ups and downs in the match,” Draper, 24, said.

“To come through that match is something I will never forget.”

Djokovic, playing his first tournament reaching the final of the Australian Open in January, believes he paid the price for the 26-shot rally.

“It cost me a break after,” he said. “It was great winning that point in that game, but I just ran completely out of the gas.

“I got the crowd backing me and I felt the energy. It was, like, ‘maybe I’m going take this one’.

“It was so close, so close. I mean, just unfortunate few mistakes from my side.”

“He is playing at a great level. Just, overall, a great player, great guy.”

The 24-time major winner regularly leaned on his racket between points as Draper broke but the Briton was unable to see the contest out as, serving for match, he hit a wild backhand wide, double faulted and prodded a tame drop shot into the net, with a magnificent Djokovic drop shot seeing him take the second break point.

The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Emmerdale dated March 12. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

He’s a man of mystery, but a hurt Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough) is just like any other character in Emmerdale – he searches for comfort in the wrong place.

Yesterday, the character witnessed Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) getting overwhelmed at the news of Cain Dingle’s (Jeff Hordley) cancer diagnosis. Given his father died as a result of prostate cancer, Graham knows what Cain and his family are going through right now, and did his best to try and make Tracy feel better.

That evening, Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) wondered why Graham was residing at Home Farm and spending time with Kim Tate (Claire King) when he’s such a decent man.

He explained that he was only there for Joe Tate (Ned Porteous), leaving Rhona to wonder what else Graham actually wants now he’s back in the village.

He got closer to her and made it clear that he wanted her. Rhona has previously told just about everyone in the village that she’s not interested in Graham, but the look on her face and the length of time she gazed into his eyes suggested otherwise.

Graham and his one and only tie (seriously can the man do some shopping) was back at Smithy Cottage in today’s episode and asked Rhona if they were going to do anything about their obvious chemistry.

Graham told Rhona that he’d wait for her on the footbridge in a few hours and if she’s there, they can talk about their dynamic.

Rhona had every intention of meeting Graham, but got distracted due to daughter Ivy injuring herself at nursery. As soon as she was back though, she got Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) to watch Ivy as she raced across the village.

When she got there, Graham was nowhere to be seen.

He was back at Home Farm drowning his sorrows with a fresh glass of water. As someone who also doesn’t drink alcohol, I like to mix things up and pour a glass of orange juice when I’m heartbroken but you do you Graham.

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The door went and a certain someone entered. Her dislike towards Graham suddenly didn’t exist in this moment though, as all she could focus on was the argument she just had with someone else in the village.

Graham poured some alcohol and then started coming onto the character. They ended up going upstairs, with Graham failing to spot a phone call coming in from Rhona.

Want to know who it is? You’ll have to check out the episode tonight, or watch it on ITVX right now.

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A circular red mark was spotted on Trump’s left eyebrow on Wednesday, sparking social media speculation about his health as the White House remains silent on the cause

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Concerns about US president Donald Trump’s health have resurfaced after a fresh bruise emerged on his eyebrow.

A circular, red mark was spotted at the top of the US President’s left eyebrow on Wednesday. The White House has not yet commented on any possible fall or incident that may have resulted in the marking.

Social media users were swift to ridicule the leader’s appearance in the photograph, reports the Daily Star, with independent journalist Aaron Rupar joking, “Trump’s face today looks downright radioactive.”

A second user took to X, formerly Twitter, to say: “What’s going on in Trump’s left (our right) eyebrow? Is that a new bruise?” one user pointed out.

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Another chimed in with: “Dear Leader is healthier and stronger than 1,000 men!”

Trump’s bruise was noticeable on Wednesday (March 11) as he spoke to journalists before leaving the White House alongside US press secretary Karoline Leavitt.

The 79-year-old president has regularly been seen with bruises since returning to the White House last year. However, this marks the first time the commander-in-chief has had a mark on his face.

It has not been uncommon for Trump to have large, dark bruises visible on the back of both his hands.

In February, Trump was seen with considerable bruises on his hands. Leavitt has previously explained that the spots are due to the president constantly shaking hands, as he is a “man of the people.

“President Trump has bruises on his hand because he’s constantly working and shaking hands all day, every day,” Leavitt stated last year.

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On a separate occasion, the White House announced in January that his bruising was due to “clipping” his hand on a table prior to attending the World Economic Forum.

However, this explanation has been disputed by experts, many of whom propose the marks are likely due to his aspirin regimen, which he asserts he follows to prevent “thick blood pouring through my heart.”

In July 2025, Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a benign common condition amongst individuals in their 70s, typified by blood pooling in the veins, leading to increased pressure and strain on the vein walls.

In July 2025, Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a benign common condition amongst individuals in their 70s, typified by blood pooling in the veins, leading to increased pressure and strain on the vein walls.

“Bruising can be just simply a one-off thing when you have some trauma, you bump into something,” Dr Jonathan Reiner, a professor at George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, informed CNN. “Aspirin will make you more prone to bleeding.”

Nonetheless, bruising is not the only issue raising concerns about Trump’s health.

Last year, Leavitt revealed the president had undergone a “preventive” MRI scan to thoroughly evaluate the president’s health. She asserted that despite Americans’ worries, Trump’s health remains “excellent.

“President Trump’s cardiovascular imaging is perfectly normal. There is no evidence of arterial narrowing impairing blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major vessels.

“The heart chambers are normal in size, the vessel walls appear smooth and healthy, and there are no signs of inflammation or clotting. Overall, his cardiovascular system shows excellent health,” Leavitt announced, reading a statement from White House physician Sean Barbabella.

The President has also confessed to regularly undergoing health checks, although he insists he has “aced” them all.

However, despite Leavitt’s evaluation, The New York Times reported in November that Trump’s total number of appearances has decreased by 39% compared to his first term.

That analysis also discovered that the President’s public schedule has significantly shortened during his second term, with most public engagements taking place between noon and 5pm.

There are 25 athletes representing Great Britain at the Winter Paralympics, alongside dozens of coaches and support staff.

But at ParalympicsGB House in the mountains of Cortina, one “very good girl” has been stealing the spotlight.

Pickle is an eight-year-old black labrador retriever guide dog.

Her human, Hester Poole, is competing in the visually impaired Para-alpine skiing events.

“She loves the mountains – she’s always really bouncy when she sees the snow,” said Poole, who has had severely limited vision since birth.

“When she comes skiing, it’s nice to get to the bottom of the piste, win or lose, and have this furry ball of love waiting for me.”

Roughly 50% of people diagnosed die within three months

The daughters of a couple who both died of pancreatic cancer are sharing their parents’ story to help others in “knowing what different symptoms to look out for” when it comes to the “deadliest common cancer”. Rebekah Stubbs, 44, a former primary school teacher, and Laura Smith, 36, a nurse, said their mother Susan Smith died of pancreatic cancer in February 2012, while their father Richard Smith died of the same disease in October 2023.

According to Pancreatic Cancer UK, roughly 50% of people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer die within three months, which is something Rebekah and Laura said they have witnessed first-hand after their mother and father died within six months and three months, respectively.

Rebekah told PA Real Life: “Not only did mum die of it, but then dad did too. You couldn’t write it.” Laura added: “They weren’t smokers and they weren’t drinkers. They probably had a bit of whiskey every so often, but they went to a fitness club and looked after themselves.

“They didn’t have risk factors that you’d think ‘that could be why’. They were both health-conscious people, but yet both then developed pancreatic cancer.” Looking back on their relationship with their parents, Rebekah said they had a “really loving, close-knit family” and her mother was her “best friend”, while Laura said they were “supportive with anything that we wanted to do”.

The daughters noticed a change in their mother around the summer of 2011, when Rebekah said Susan “kept swallowing like she’d got something stuck in the back of her throat” and was “really thirsty” all the time, while Laura added their mother was experiencing “acid reflux” and generally felt “not well in herself”.

Rebekah said Susan started going “backwards and forwards” to the doctor, who initially prescribed antacids that Laura added “didn’t seem to help”. Within weeks, Rebekah said Susan’s symptoms worsened, including “going to the loo” a lot with “tummy issues”, which her mother put down to irritable bowel syndrome, as well as difficulty eating, yellowing of the skin, and nausea.

Susan had an ultrasound and was formally diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2011. Laura said: “Because mum was a nurse, I remember her looking in the mirror and thinking, ‘I look and I feel as if I’ve got something nasty going on’, (and) she was right.”

“They basically said that she’d got a tumour on the head of her pancreas and it had spread to the bile ducts, which was causing her to be yellow because they were blocked,” she added. Laura said her mother had surgery to fit a stent in either side of her bile ducts to try to stop the jaundice, then a “couple of rounds of chemotherapy” that made Susan “so poorly and unwell”.

By Christmas, Rebekah said Susan could not keep “anything down” and was struggling to “get on top of the pain medication”, which escalated significantly after she experienced bloating and swelling around her abdomen that she needed to have drained.

Laura said: “It was quite a sudden death. She had been sitting in bed and talking to us and been quite content. And then, unfortunately, she had a big seizure and passed away quite unexpectedly. Dad had actually gone to have a look around a hospice for mum. Then he returned and mum was no longer here. That must have been very difficult to understand what just happened,” she added.

After Susan died in February 2012, aged 55, Rebekah and Laura said they took on the responsibility of caring for their maternal grandmother who had dementia, and who died in February 2022. Within a year of losing their grandmother, Laura said her father started experiencing back pain on his right side, for which he saw a physiotherapist and tried to “go down the correct route of going to your GP”.

He had blood taken and, despite seeing a physiotherapist, Laura said his back pain was “getting progressively worse”.

After months of inaction from Richard’s doctors, Laura said she told her father that “we need to do something about it”, so she took him to A&E in July 2023 where they waited 12 hours to be seen. This is when a further blood test and scans confirmed Richard “had something going on with his liver”, which an endoscopic biopsy of his liver would later confirm was pancreatic cancer.

“So dad was then faced with going through everything that his wife did,” Laura said, after Richard’s diagnosis in July 2023. “And then knowing what may lie ahead.”

Laura said their father had pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy, which helped him digest food, and was due to start palliative chemotherapy. But by the end of August, Richard was driving his van when he had an accident after what doctors initially believed to be a stroke, which was later revealed to be cancer metastasising in his brain.

After this incident, Rebekah said: “His personality wasn’t even the same. He seemed to lose his mobility. He was really weak too. He couldn’t even put his Pin in his mobile phone.”

Laura added that her father’s decline was “so much quicker” than her mother’s because it had spread to his brain, meaning treatment options were “really limited”. She said it also meant he became “aggressive and challenging”, remarking that “he’d never been like that before”.

Richard died in October 2023, aged 70, just three months after his diagnosis. In the aftermath of Richard’s death, Rebekah said she wanted to do something to raise awareness about pancreatic cancer, so she wrote to Pancreatic Cancer UK to tell them about her family’s story.

Rebekah said: “I suppose it’s part of my grieving process.” On why it is important for her to share their parents’ stories, Rebekah explained: “Misdiagnoses, awareness, quicker pathways (to diagnosis), and knowing what different symptoms to look out for.”

According to the NHS, the main symptoms of pancreatic cancer are yellowing of the skin or eyes, itchy skin, change in toilet habits, loss of appetite, losing weight without trying to, fatigue, a high temperature, nausea and indigestion.

The sisters said they felt encouraged by Pancreatic Cancer UK’s announcement last year that the charity is funding a world-first new clinical study that could detect pancreatic cancer through a breath test.

Laura said: “Hopefully, that’ll be successful. It’s a quicker route (to diagnosis) than surgery and that’s got to be positive.”

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She added: “In terms of our circumstances, I think it’s certainly unusual to have both parents diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. They’re not related. They’ve got different genetics. It’s hard and really tough that neither one of them survived.”

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