Dredging Up Trouble on the Tees

The tanker Stolt Auk slips past a derelict wooden jetty at South Gare, heading for Rotterdam. The jetty is older than the Gare itself, built before 1888, and once served the North Riding (Fortress) Royal Engineers as part of the river’s coastal defences. It now stands abandoned, a relic of an industrial past that never quite goes away.
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Confluence of the Balder and Tees

I am halfway up a hill they call the 'Hagg,' taking in the view of the Balder joining forces with the mighty Tees, both rivers uncomfortably full to the brim. Behind me stands Cotherstone Castle — now nothing more than a glorified mound. Used to be the abode of the Fitz Hughs, and once dubbed “Pendragon’s lonely mound”.

Cotherstone—could it really mean Cuthbert’s Town?—is a qu ...

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North Yorkshire Council backs calls for shellfish die-off public inquiry

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-65636360

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