The water firm says its own estimate of discharge to the North Sea at Whitburn cannot be relied on. Valentino Nikolov and three others stole more than £1m worth of goods from homes, a court hears.

Northumbrian Water produced the figure for releases from its site at Whitburn after an Environmental Information Regulation (EIR) request from South Tyneside resident Steve Lavelle. It calculated ...

Whitburn Band, conducted by its musical director Professor Nicholas Childs, won the competition for the 23rd time last weekend at Perth Concert Hall. Article continues below The band finished top ...