The breaking news that Tees Valley Mayor, Ben Houchen, has agreed a deal to rescue our airport is amazing, and I know will be hugely welcomed across our constituency.

Ben made a promise to buy Durham Tees Valley airport and he has delivered.

The huge breaking news about the multi-billion pound clean gas energy plant coming to our area is absolutely amazing, and will give lift off to the local economy. If you haven't seen it yet, you can read more about the exciting announcement here.

Today there was an important debate in Parliament about the future of the Mayoral Development Corporation site in Redcar. I had some spiky exchanges with Labour's Paul Williams and Mike Hill towards the end...

There's hugely welcome news for our area in the Budget today - most importantly that the Chancellor has pledged £14 million to prepare specific sites for two major new metals projects to move into the Mayoral Development Corporation site at Redcar.

Yesterday I was invited to speak at the launch of a new report by Policy Exchange on how Hydrogen could be used as the clean fuel of the future.

As the report explains, Teesside offers one of the best opportunities for a successful hydrogen production hub.

Yesterday I opened the debate in Parliament about why Freeports have such huge potential to boost the Teesside economy.

In Parliament today I am joining forces with Frank Field, the veteran former Labour MP, to set out why a Freeport at Teesport would be such a great boost for our area. We have co-written a piece for The Times to explain why this is such an important topic.

Caterpillar's plant at Skinningrove is one of the great underappreciated success stories of our area. This autumn marks 20 years since it opened, and it has produced 22 million track shoes for heavy machinery in that time, using steel produced right next door by British Steel.

Last week I showed you my visit to the colossal new Woodsmith Mine. A really important part of the project is being delivered  at Lockwood Beck in East Cleveland – you’ll have seen it if you’re driving by on the A171.

Simon recently visited a project which represents a truly enormous boost for our economy – the huge £3.2 billion Woodsmith Mine being dug by Sirius Minerals outside Whitby.