Certainly, the story was gleefully seized upon by the people of West Hartlepool, the new industrial town growing around the traditional fishing port of Old Hartlepool. The people of the new town ...

In the Victorian period, Hartlepool became a port for the Durham coalfield, and exported coal and importing pit props. In 1847, the West Hartlepool dock was added, and a new town was built next to it.

Weighing 31,000 metric tonnes, the Brent Charlie topside platform has been delivered to Able Seaton Port, in Hartlepool. The arrival is part of a long-standing contract, which commenced in 2011 ...