Whitburn

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.