Teesside TV is "North East Live", a rolling four-hour block of pre-recorded local news, sport and features airing each weeknight from 5-9pm. A half-hour regional block also airs on the generic "Made Television" networked feed on digital satellite each weekday evening at 7.30pm. Programmes produced by the other Local TV Ltd stations also air on the channel along with acquired programming from independent producers and other broadcasters around the UK, including the thrice-daily programming blocks from CBS Reality - airing from 9-11am, 1-5pm and 9pm-2am. Teesside TV Teesside TV (formerly Made in Teesside) is a local television station serving Middlesbrough and Teesside
History of Durham University Russell Group. The idea of Durham University establishing a presence on Teesside was first floated in 1987 and planning began in earnest in 1988 for a "Birkbeck of the North" with around 1,000 students. Teesside was, at that time, the largest conurbation in Europe without a university, and the Teesside Development Corporation had recently been established to try to regenerate the area. In April 1989 a formal announcement was made that Teesside Polytechnic and Durham University were working together "in planning a major development in Higher Education in Cleveland and its adjacent areas". Stresses in the partnership arise in December