A NORTH-EAST council has re-elected its leadership line-up for the coming year.

Following the ruling Labour group's annual meeting at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, council leader David Walsh has been re-elected to the role.

Also unchanged is the council executive and scrutiny team, while Loftus councillor Eric Jackson has been named as mayor for the borough for the following year.

Councillor Walsh said: "This will be Labour's team that will oversee the council in the run-up to next year's elections."

"A Labour Redcar and Cleveland has done something that no other council in Britain has been able to emulate - two years of frozen council tax and multi-million pound investment in front-line services."