Beamish Museum will hold an act of remembrance in its 1900s Pit Village chapel on Saturday to commemorate the disaster. There ...

Poignant tributes were paid in County Durham at the weekend to mark the 116th anniversary of one of the worst mining ...

A 116-year-old serviette commemorating the West Stanley Pit Disaster which was discovered folded up inside a book has been ...

and Beamish Museum is just over a mile (1.6km) from the former West Stanley Colliery. It will be displayed in the lamp cabin in the museum's 1900s Pit Village, which tells the story of the region ...

Pit inspector Frank Keegan was hailed as one of the heroes who helped save lives when 168 men perished in the West Stanley ...

The West Stanley pit disaste r took place on February 16 1909 and saw 168 men and boys killed. Some were as young as 13 while others as old as 66. But the people of the area have not forgotten those ...

Tonight will see overcast skies and remain largely dry, with just the odd light shower drifting in throughout the night, these turning wintry on higher ground. Sunday Tomorrow will remain largely ...