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A starry sky over Steetley Pier. Picture: Carl Gorse.

Hartlepool tops table for stargazing spots

Pointing the way ahead to Hartlepool Power Station.

'My position on the energy question - We need it all!'

Hartlepool RNLI volunteers were alerted after swimmers were reported to have got into difficulties in the North Sea at Seaton Carew.

Two swimmers taken to hospital after 999 alert

The final section of the Brent Charlie topside being recycled at Able Seaton Port in Hartlepool.

Final section of Brent Charlie platform broken up at yard

The Environment Agency has issued a flood alert for Hartlepool on Tuesday, February 3.

Environment Agency issues flood alert for Hartlepool and North Sea coast

Hartlepool RNLI all weather lifeboat John Sharp launching to search for the casualty following Friday night's 999 alert.

Woman rescued from freezing North Sea by lifeboat

The all-weather Hartlepool lifeboat John Sharp pictured at the Ferry Road lifeboat station following the search for potential missing people in the North Sea.

999 services search sea for people after bicycles are discovered on beach

A man walks his dog after an early morning of falling snow on Wednesday. Picture by FRANK REID

Watch as first flurries of snow hit Hartlepool

Hartlepool could be facing its first snowfall of the season as the Met Office issues a yellow weather warning for the North East coast.

Could Hartlepool see snow this week?

Jake Still training for the Atlantic Challenge in the North Sea.

3,000 mile Atlantic rower trains in Hartlepool

Sharks, ice, bacteria... nothing will keep the cold water bathers from their daily dip. Image produced by AI image generator Dall-E

Dippers turn the air blue

Hartlepool's Headland and National Museum of the Royal Navy proved popular as the sun shone on Thursday.

Folk soak up the sun on hottest day of the year

Daffodils in bloom in Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

The sun is out - see how hot it will get

Saltmoore is a woodland haven near Whitby

We took our four-legged friend to Whitby for a posh hotel break

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen (centre) meets employees at Liberty Pipes in Hartlepool.

New jobs created at Hartlepool steel mill for Net Zero contract

Scores of people chose to wear their pyjamas for this year's Boxing Day Dip.

Hartlepool Boxing Day dip 2024 remembered
Hundreds of costumed fundraisers are expected to brave the icy North Sea for Hartlepool Round Table’s annual Boxing Day dip.
Madeleine Raine

Bare-chested dippers at Seaton Carew for the 2023 Boxing Day Dip..

All you need to know about Hartlepool's Boxing Day Dip

Do you recognise anyone taking part in Hartlepool's Boxing Day Dip over the years?

Taking the plunge for the Boxing Day Dip

Nikki McCann, 63, is taking part in a dip a day challenge throughout the month of October to raise money for Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), and on Saturday, October 19, took her 19th plunge as part of her challenge at Seaton Carew, in Hartlepool.

Swimmer takes part in 31-day October swimming challenge

Striking footage shows a decommissioned oil rig being demolished with a controlled explosion, at Kishorn Port Limited's dry dock facility in Strathcarron, Wester Ross, Scotland

Watch dramatic moment oil rig is blown up in controlled explosion

Offshore wind farm

Going Green: Scotland leading the way with green energy

From left, Michelle Walton, Hayley Cudlip and Andrea Ramshaw before their North Sea dip.

North Sea cold plunge raises £1,000 for are home residents

Kelly Jones Picture: James D Kelly

Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones on the process of creating new solo album

Wind farm. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: We can learn from countries reducing pollution

A lady fights against a strong wind in Burbank Street on Friday. Picture by FRANK REID

Environment Agency issues flood alert

Jackdaw writer and director Jamie Childs (third left) with cast member (left to right) Rochelle Goldie, Thomas Turgoose, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Jenna Coleman and Allan Mustafa at the film's UK premiere at Showcase de Lux Teesside on January 24.

Stars shine at film premiere

The 2023 Boxing Day Dip at Seaton Carew saw a bumper turnout.

A bumper Boxing Day Dip
Thousands of people turned out for a bumper Boxing Day Dip at Seaton Carew.
Mark Payne

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Breaking Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

The Heugh Breakwater during Storm Babet last week. Picture by BERNADETTE MALCOLMSON

Flood alert issued for town

British cargo ship Verity has sunk off the coast of Germany with several people reported missing. (Credit: NationalWorld)

Breaking Several people reported missing after British cargo ship sinks

Peter Dixon of GE Vernova (left) and Dogger Bank project director Olly Cass in front of wind turbine blades at Able Seaton Port, Hartlepool. Picture by FRANK REID

Town’s key role in world’s largest offshore wind farm

The Rosebank oil field in Scotland have been given development and production consent by the NSTA despite pushback from campaigners. (Credit: Getty Images)

Breaking Rosebank oil field given go-ahead despite pushback from activists

'Hey kids, dinner's ready. Potatoes again...'

Rishi Sunak's fossil fuel policy revealed: Burn first, ask questions later...

The Hartlepool Tall Ships Races 2023 have come to an end.

Day four of the Hartlepool Tall Ships Races 2023 in pictures

A tall ship arrives in Hartlepool on Wednesday afternoon.

Tall Ships come sailing in

The first vessel has arrived in Hartlepool ahead of the Tall Ships Races 2023.

First vessel arrives ahead of Tall Ships Races 2023

Liberty Steel's pipe mill at Brenda Road, Hartlepool.

Pipe mill secures two offshore energy field contracts

Teenager wins sailing adventure on a tall ship

A large whale was found washing up on a British beach this week

Huge 30-tonne whale found dead on British beach

Two swimmers enjoy the benefits of the cold sea.

New documentary showcases town's cold water sea swimmers

The Northern Lights are a stunning sight

EasyJet pilot makes manoeuvre so passengers can see Northern Lights

British Gas report record-breaking profits amid UK energy crisis

Fancy dress was the order of the day.

22 pictures from Hartlepool's 2021 Boxing Day Dip

Saltfish at Houndgate Townhouse, Darlington town centre

Travel: Fine seafood and Georgian opulence at Darlington hot spot

Campaigners have previously protested on land and at the mouth of the River Tees to call for more action following the deaths of hundreds of crabs on North East shores.

Fishermen ‘terrified’ of Teesworks dredging

Hartlepool RNLI's all-weather lifeboat was called out on Monday afternoon after a seaman fell into the North Sea.

Seaman who died after fall from ship is named by police

Hartlepool RNLI's all-weather lifeboat was called out on Monday afternoon after a seaman fell into the North Sea.

Seaman dies after falling from ship off Hartlepool coast

Pictured during the presentation are (left to right) Rob Archer, Hartlepool RNLI, Jay Lee, fishing rod maker and fundraising organiser, Chris Hornsey, Hartlepool RNLI and Richard Hill, fishing rod winner.

Hartlepool fisherman raises £1,000 for charity in rod raffle

You don’t have to be an Olympic swimmer to get the benefits from regular exercise in the swimming pool – or with an organised group in the North Sea.

FEELING GREAT: Why swimming is an important exercise to do for a health lifestyl...

Hartlepool lifeboat has been launched to assist a stricken vessel in the North Sea.

Hartlepool lifeboat deployed to stricken vessel in North Sea

The Brent Bravo Oil Platform arriving at Able UK's Seaton yard in 2019. Picture by FRANK REID

Firm fined six-figure sum after worker injured in 45ft Hartlepool platform fall

Robbie Cole, 20, said it was essential those earning a living on the water never set sail without the most basic of equipment - a life jacket.

Hartlepool fisherman's safety plea after overboard deaths hit nationwide high

Storm Eunice is approaching Hartlepool.

Watch: storm clouds gather over the North Sea on the morning of Storm Eunice

More high winds are set to rip through the region.

This is when Storm Corrie is set to hit the North East on Sunday

The home is situated in a sought-after location./Photo: Rightmove

See inside this 5 bed beach house on the Headland with breathtaking sea views

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