Identity & Authority: Teesside Live – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

Teesside Live

(https://www.gazettelive.co.uk) 📸 Data Snapshot: May 21, 2026
Identity & Authority — The Lens

Inspect the JSON-LD. Is there an Organization or Person schema, and does it carry sameAs links to real external profiles (LinkedIn, socials)? Missing schema or no identity declaration signals an anonymous entity.

Identity & Authority Expert verifiability & Schema depth.
12 Impact Weight: 15 / 100
80% Reputation

Authority is well-established through local reporting, though some gaps exist in structured data. While journalists like Eric Paylor are named in the text, there is a lack of corresponding Person schema or sameAs links to professional footprints within the provided data. The organization schema is technically sound but could be more granular regarding its editorial staff.

The disconnect between claims and reality is low. The site’s primary claim is providing current news, which is substantiated by article timestamps (May 21, 2026) and the volume of original reporting on localized issues like the Spygate scandal or Stockton bin collections.

Identity & Authority is read from the structured data first: whether the site declares who it is in machine-readable schema, with verifiable identity links. Below is the schema captured per page, then the external proof links that support (or fail to support) that identity.

🔗 Identity & Technical Layer — schema JSON-LD: identity chains, entity gaps
Homepage schema
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "CollectionPage",
    "@id": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/#homepage",
    "name": "Teesside Live",
    "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk",
    "isPartOf": {
        "@type": "WebSite",
        "@id": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/#website",
        "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk",
        "name": "Teesside Live",
        "inLanguage": "en-GB",
        "publisher": {
            "@id": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/#newsorganization"
        }
    },
    "mainEntity": {
        "@type": "ItemList",
        "itemListElement": {
            "0": {
                "@type": "ListItem",
                "position": 1,
                "item": {
                    "@type": "NewsArticle",
                    "headline": "Eston driver left struggling to breathe after Covid and weight gain now back on road in top shape",
                    "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/ian-sykes-weight-loss-eston-33954982"
                }
            },
            "1": {
                "@type": "ListItem",
                "position": 2,
                "item": {
                    "@type": "NewsArticle",
                    "headline": "Council lead says new bin collections have driven up recycling in Stockton and responds to criticism",
                    "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/council-lead-says-new-bin-33988499"
                }
            },
            "2": {
                "@type": "ListItem",
                "position": 3,
                "item": {
                    "@type": "NewsArticle",
                    "headline": "'Downright dangerous' parking on Eston high street criticised by councillor",
                    "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/eston-high-street-parking-council-33987276"
                }
            },
            "3": {
                "@type": "ListItem",
                "position": 4,
                "item": {
                    "@type": "NewsArticle",
                    "headline": "Frustration at wait for results of study into passenger services running on railway freight line",
                    "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/rail-trains-boulby-saltburn-tvca-33983515"
                }
            },
            "4": {
                "@type": "ListItem",
                "position": 5,
                "item": {
                    "@type": "NewsArticle",
                    "headline": "University Hospital of North Tees redevelopment the 'major endeavour over next 10 years'",
                    "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/university-hospital-north-tees-redevelopment-33980947"
                }
            },
            "_items_truncated": true
        }
    },
    "publisher": {
        "@type": "NewsMediaOrganization",
        "@id": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/#newsorganization",
        "name": "Teesside Live",
        "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk",
        "publishingPrinciples": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/about-us/",
        "logo": {
            "@type": "ImageObject",
            "url": "https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/nav-web-static/main-703c5efa6ab4b5ce08606b33ed23ef9d426ec5cb/public/assets/gazettelive/logos/masthead-gazettelive-default.svg",
            "width": 600,
            "height": 160
        },
        "sameAs": [
            "https://www.facebook.com/teessidelive",
            "https://x.com/TeessideLive",
            "https://www.instagram.com/teessidelive"
        ]
    },
    "_truncated": true,
    "_original_size": 19874
}
/news/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/all-about/middlesbrough-fc/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/whats-on/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/advertising/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
/newsletter-preference-centre/ — no schema detected (entity gap)
🛡️ Trust Signals — external proof links that back the declared identity
102Review mentions (all pages)
12External proof links (all pages)
PageReviewsProof links
/ (home) 0 2
/news/ 27 2
/all-about/middlesbrough-fc/ 26 2
/whats-on/ 31 2
/advertising/ 9 2
/newsletter-preference-centre/ 9 2