It’s brilliant and just what we needed in Seaham,” says one of the volunteers at a new group that’s tackling loneliness and ...

A woman was rescued from the sea in Seaham with emergency services descending on the coastal town. On Saturday morning, just after 9am, a report was made that a female was struggling in the water at ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less well-known is its time as a secret whisky smuggling operation during US Prohibition. (Image: Will foxx) A five-star County ...

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Seaham residents are being urged to have their say on the town’s future by taking part in a County Council survey.