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The WW2 bomb found by Adam Makewell and his son Cameron Makewell in the River Ure in Yorkshire.

Moment teenager crashes underwater drone into live 500kg WWII bomb

A small dog being groomed

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Shop owner holding an artificial leg

Hidden antique treasures in the UK

An aerial view of how the Tides For Change project would look.

How 'very exciting' visitor attraction revamp could look

Mark Cranston who has built an amazing collection of bricks.

I have a collection of 4,000 bricks...each one tells a story

Three brandy glasses during Ararat factory tour

I tried brandy in Armenia - and it has made me a convert

The Museum of Hartlepool, based in The National Museum of the Royal Navy, in Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, has been nominated for the Family Friendly Museum Award for the work its Young Producers project has done.

Museum of Hartlepool nominated for national award

German Observation Tower on south coast cliffs, Guernsey

Visit Guernsey to discover underground bunkers and WW2 history

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Maps and planning documents detailing top-secret plans were donated to House on the Hill museum.

Watch: Top secret D-Day documents from Normandy found in old car boot

The Wingfield Castle after emergency repairs have been undertaken. Picture by FRANK REID

First phase of steamer's restoration complete

National Football Museum in Manchester Credit: Google

English Tourism Week: Video explores UK's top visitor attractions

Married couple Janet and John Ford, who own Tudor World, are at loggerheads with Joe Rukin, who runs Sinister Stratford ghost tours.

Turf war breaks out between Stratford-upon-Avon ghost tour guides

Taylor Swift Eras Tour: Who is Presley Cash?

The Museum of Hartlepool (right) shares the same entrance with the National Museum of the Royal Navy Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Museum of Hartlepool's offering under review

PS Wingfield Castle berthed at Hartlepool marina. Picture by FRANK REID

Restoration of Wingfield Castle due to start within months
Work to restore a key feature of Hartlepool’s maritime heritage is due to begin “in earnest” after years of neglect.
Mark Payne

Buckingham Palace

King Charles drops major hint about future of Buckingham Palace

An exceptionally rare Chinese box and cover from the 15th century Ming period has been discovered in a dust-filled cabinet in the attic of a family home, where it had been stored and left untouched since the owner’s death in 1967.

Old tin found in attic turns out to be Chinese Ming Dynasty treasure

Two Just Stop Oil supporters were arrested at the Herbert Museum in Coventry while demanding that the government stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and calling on employees and directors of UK cultural institutions to join in civil resistance against the governments genocidal policies.

Just Stop Oil protestors tackled to ground after storming dino exhibit

Conservation Technician Emma Callaghan in front of HMS Trincomalee in Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Navy museum worker shines light on apprenticeship

The Museum of Hartlepool is to receive a grant totalling nearly £90,000 over the next two years.

Museum of Hartlepool receives near £90,000 grant

Gaia will be at Durham Cathedral between July 10 and September 10.

Durham Cathedral showing Earth as seen from space

The Natural History Museum has released a list of new animal and plant species found in 2022

Scientists release list of new animals and plants found in 2022

Luxmuralis has opened at Durham Cathedral. Photos by Kevin Brady

See stunning Luxmuralis light and sound display take over Durham Cathedral

Hartlepool's Wingfield Castle paddle steamer.

The floating Hartlepool movie star set for emergency repairs

'The Lips' by Puppets with Guts at the Hartlepool Waterfront Festival Rebirth 2021, on Saturday.

Hartlepool’s Waterfront Festival goes out with a splash

'North Sea Man' by Simon Bartram./Photo: Hartlepool Borough Council

Simon Bartram exhibition heads to Hartlepool Art Gallery at the end of January
A North East artist and award-winning children’s author is bringing his first solo exhibition to Hartlepool later this month.
Pamela Bilalova

Trampoline parks definitely help to ensure your child is getting enough exercise on rainy summer days. (Shutterstock)

These 21 indoor activities will keep kids entertained when it’s raining

We now have more freedoms to enjoy, with parks, playgrounds, zoos, museums and cinemas reopening (Shutterstock)

Here are 40 ideas for keeping the kids entertained during the summer holidays

Museum’s search for best football fan memorabilia

Niel Bushnell's photo for the project.

Turning 'working from home' into an art form

Picture c/o Google Streetview

Popular visitor attraction left in funding limbo

The 5ft figurehead from HMS Trincomalee at the Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool, which has been taken to specialist naval conservators in Greenwich.

Trincomalee’s figurehead moved from museum for £55,000 restoration

Museum of Hartlepool.

Calls to showcasing Hartlepool's history and save artefacts from being 'gobbled ...

Manager Diane Stephens inside the Heugh Battery.

Letter of the week: Hartlepool Borough Council should help save our Heugh Batter...

Rescue Motor Launch 497 will be barged 400 nautical miles up the coast to Hartlepool before the end of the month weather permitting.

National Museum of Royal Navy Hartlepool prepares for special visitor in Â£1.1m ...

Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria and Tom Hughes as Prince Albert.

Star of ITV's Victoria Jenna Coleman posts Instagram snaps of filming in Hartlep...

Members of the The Faithful Durhams who are hoping to see the former DLI museums objects reunited under one roof.

Group urges people to back plans to bring DLI Museum collection back together

Yorkshire Museum/PA Wire

Museum uses virtual reality mask to bring viking camp back to life

Beamish Museum shortlisted for national award.

Museum in the running for national award

Edgar Lyde who set up the first branch library in Hartlepool.

The quiet unassuming man who put Hartlepool's 1940s library service back on trac...

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