THE former mining village of Sacriston, two miles northwest of Durham, has the appearance of a small town. It developed in the mid- 19th century on empty moorland, but during the Victorian era ...

Police investigating the disappearance of a former miner have concluded their search of a colliery site without finding anything of significance. Edward Donnelly, 53, went missing from his home in ...

Three miles north-west of Durham sits a village that has spent centuries in service to the heavens above and the earth below. Seven hundred years ago, its slopes were known as ‘Segerston Heugh’, or ...