Ben Houchen has won a third term as Tees Valley mayor, however he saw his majority massively cut.
A transport official has poured cold water on hopes that the Harrogate – Ripon – Northallerton train line will reopen any time soon, saying to do so could cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of pounds.
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