An industrial unit on the Hackworth Industrial Park at Shildon, County Durham, was severely damaged by fire this afternoon. The alarm was raised at 12.43 and a fire crew from Bishop Auckland and ...

HUNDREDS of families flocked to a North-East park for a summer festival with a healthy twist. The Local Motion MEGA Summer Festival at Hackworth Park in Shildon yesterday (Saturday, August 10) was ...

Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850), a contemporary of George Stephenson, was a steam railway pioneer, who lived in Shildon, County Durham, for most of his working life.