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Pupil's anti-racism poem takes second place in national contest

Sharlize Sowden, a pupil at Whitburn Church of England Academy, was awarded second place in a Show Racism the Red Card contest for her story of a white cloud and a black cloud working together. The school, in Rackly Way, Whitburn, took part in a ...

Gina Davidson: Cemeteries need rules even if grief has none

All I know is when I read the words of George Kempik of Whitburn, who lost his 18-year-old daughter, Deborah, in a car crash eight years ago, I can't argue with him: “When you know as a father, you are not going to walk your daughter down a church ...

Boys Brigade leader's £7000 theft shame

Keith Ainsley, of Mill Lane, Whitburn, ,took charge at the 18th South Shields brigade, based at Talbot Road Methodist Church in the town, when the previous captain, - who had been there for decades -passed away. Ainsley, 48, who had volunteered at the ...

3 students train for the heptathlon

Junior Brooke Whitburn, sophomore Melanie O'Brien and first-year Olivia Abbott all strive together to reach their goals and to compete at their best. Many athletes have a turning point in their career when they realize they have a strong passion for ...

South Tyneside firefighters rescue dog which fell 60ft down a sink hole and ...

A dog which fell down a 60ft sink hole was returned to its owner after rope rescue crews brought it back to the surface and a horse's leg was saved from an iron pipe. Both rescues happened in the Whitburn area in South Tyneside within a few hours of ...

Firefighters in double animal rescue near coastal spot

The rescue of the dog came 12 hours after crews from South Shields and Hebburn had been called to Mill Lane, also in Whitburn to rescue a 16 hand horse called Rosie. The mare had one of her legs trapped in a cast iron pipe, at around 7.30pm, yesterday.

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