It calculated 944,673 tonnes of sewage had been pumped into the sea, a slight drop from its number for 2023 of 1.007 million ...

Businesses, including Greggs, were forced to shut for the day. The incident sparked a huge response from Northumbrian Water with engineers and multiple vehicles on site to carry out repairs.

Northumbrian Water's chief executive Heidi Mottram was quizzed by a select committee earlier this month The area along the Whitburn coast is part of the Durham special area of conservation.