Actor says Ensemble 84 in Horden, employing local talent, is how a professional repertory company should be ...

Sir Ian McKellen has officially opened a new theatre venue in Horden - now the permanent home of Ensemble ’84 a ...

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Acting legend praises work of former pit village's theatre company ...

Acting royalty Sir Ian McKellen opened a new theatre in Horden at the weekend.

A once-thriving seaside town in the north of England has become a "ghost town" - with house prices as low as £5,000. Former mining community Horden, Durham, is now a shell of its former self following ...

On hot summer days, the staff at Cotsford Primary School can't let the children into the playground because of the smell of cannabis being grown in nearby properties. The school, in Horden, County ...