Controversial parking charges at a popular County Durham beach are set to come into force in a matter of days.

For decades, Blackhall Beach in County Durham was seen as a grim, industrial landscape, its shores strewn with sea coal from the region’s once-booming mining industry. Today, however, it has undergone ...

Since 2021, 5,175 bags of rubbish have been collected from the Heritage coastline which spans from Seaham Hall beach to Crimdon beach. It is due to the work of volunteers from schools and ...