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  • Repairs carried out on lift

    A UNIQUE piece of Victorian engineering has been closed for repairs this week. Saltburn's Cliff Lift broke down last weekend and has been closed while repairs were carried out to the electric motor that drives its water pumps. It was hoped that the work

  • Injured strongman sets record

    A MUSCLEMAN has overcome an arm injury to set one of the toughest world records there is. Kevin Jefferson, 39, of Eastfields, Stanley, has smashed the record for the number of press-ups completed on the back of his hands in one minute. The previous record

  • Injured strongman sets record

    A MUSCLEMAN has overcome an arm injury to set one of the toughest world records there is. Kevin Jefferson, 39, of Eastfields, Stanley, has smashed the record for the number of press-ups completed on the back of his hands in one minute. The previous record

  • Cobbler's curious castle unveiled

    HIDDEN treasures are to be unveiled to the public for the first time in years. Curios including a two-headed sheep, historic photographs and important artefacts - all locked away in a seventeenth century Grade II listed house named Winkies Castle - will

  • Allotment gardeners stage museum show

    A VARIETY of vegetables and flowers grown in allotments were on show at Beamish Museum to give visitors an insight into an old pit village tradition. The Shield Row Allotments Association staged their exhibition at the museum, near Stanley. Association