Fred Jackson, who lives in Whitstable, Kent, has travelled the world for more than 30 years for his career. He said that overexposure to live concert audiences first triggered his hyperacusis ...

Dame Margaret Barbour DBE DL has officially reopened South Shields’ Herd Groyne Lighthouse following the completion of extensive restoration works. The Barbour Foundation approached the Port of ...

The Herd Groyne lighthouse in South Shields, which was damaged in a storm, has officially reopened after a £250,000 restoration. The South Tyneside landmark, which dates back to 1882, suffered ...

Window shutter installer Lewis Blake, from Whitstable, took deposits totalling £64,774 from 89 different victims, but spent the money on himself. One of his victims, Neil Sherwood, said he and ...

A “treasured landmark” has officially re-opened following a £250,000 restoration. Dame Margaret Barbour, chair of clothing brand Barbour, re-opened the Herd Groyne lighthouse, in South Shields, where ...

Lewis Blake, of Whitstable, was a window shutter installer who often took deposits from clients before disappearing without completing the work while offering made-up excuses. Lewis Blake from ...

Options for preventing flooding include something called "fishtail rock groynes". An example of these can be seen on Google Maps, satellite view, at Hopton on Sea, in Norfolk. I believe that these ...

Ray Peace, 84, from Whitstable, joined the army in 1955 when he was 15 years old. He was twice stationed on Christmas Island, in the Pacific Ocean, near which nuclear weapons tests were carried out.

Whitstable Harbour’s Fish Market and Crab and Winkle restaurant were gutted in a fire in May 2022 after flames spread into the building from a neighbouring cockle shed. Whitstable Harbour on one ...