Former Whickham boss Lee Haldane has been appointed as new manager of Northern League Division Two club Chester-le-Street Town Lee Haldane has set his sights on bringing a new mentality to Chester ...

Olly Hotchkiss wants to round off a positive season ‘on a real high’ by leading Easington Colliery to a Brooks ... final meeting with league rivals Whickham last Tuesday night.

Find out more about some of the notable people who used to live in this area, with Margaret Minns, Whickham U3A ... films about brick making and a local colliery railway at Tyneside Cinema.

Easington Colliery slipped to a 3-2 home defeat to ... to move seven points clear of danger. Whickham stayed third with a narrow 2-1 victory at home to lowly Bedlington Terriers.

Residents are opposing a planning application for a 45-hectare opencast colliery near Whickham, Gateshead, close to the Durham County border. The application, submitted to Gateshead Council by ...