Easington Colliery Band features on the song Remember My Name on the North Shields-born musician's latest album, People Watching. Band secretary Peter Lawson said the singer was a "down-to-earth ...

This morning will see a band of rain sweep eastwards which will bring some sleet and snow over the higher hills. In the afternoon, all areas will see scattered showers and bright spells in between ...

The former colliery site, now a nature reserve, has been extensively landscaped over the years by Northumberland Wildlife Trust on behalf the Land Trust. The park lies on a strategic wildlife corridor ...

He said a worker who used dynamite at a nearby colliery and accidentally flooded Bagdih was fired. The 241-meter (795-foot) deep Bagdih mine is in the coal-mining town of Dhanbad, some 120 ...