The legendary American musician has finally spoken about his kind-hearted gesture at the height of the violent strike in the ...

The project is being led by the Mining Remediation Authority in partnership with Durham County Council, according to Environment+Energy Leader. It will use geothermal energy that will then be ...

A century after underground explosions killed at least 53 people, a community commemorates the state’s ‘forgotten’ coal mining history.

Water lying in old coal mines could be used to grow food, a council has said. Durham County Council has secured a £110,000 grant to study the feasibility of using the naturally generated heat ...

A former coal mine in County Durham could be used to grow food and heat comnmunity organisations. A feasibility study is being carrried out to explore how to use heat from the mine water in Horden. It ...

The cathedral has an association with the coal mining industry dating from the early 1800s. The exhibition is being staged in collaboration with the Durham Mining Communities Banner Groups Association ...

Before it was the site of a newly opened trail system, Durham was a booming coal mining town located atop Lookout Mountain. Active from the late 1800s to the early 1900s, the town had electricity ...

An art gallery is launching a new exhibition exploring the demise of coal pits, the miners’ strike and the impact on local communities. The Last Cage Down is being held at the Mining Art Gallery, in ...

The Durham Miners’ Gala is classed as the ... know that Ashington in Northumberland ‘was classed as the largest coal mining village in the world’. The famous Ashington & District Male ...

A team of musicians went down an old drift coal mine at Beamish Colliery to digitally capture the ‘reverb’ of the mine. Ross Forbes, Chief Executive at Durham Miner’s Hall in Redhills ...