A railway tunnel has been examined in an attempt to identify what might be turning a harbour's water orange. Discoloured water started entering Whitehaven Harbour in West Cumbria from a culvert in ...

A Coal Authority spokesperson said: "We are supporting the Environment Agency as they investigate the orange/discoloured water at Whitehaven Harbour and will use our skills and expertise to help ...

A cross-government team is to be set up in a bid to tackle a long-running issue with brown and orange ... water, an MP says. Tests have identified iron ochre getting into Queens Dock, at ...

Tests are underway by rail engineers to find out how a mystery orange coloured ... between Corkickle and Whitehaven, sometimes floods. To cope with that excess water and keep trains running ...

A rail line is to close and its tracks replaced to try and solve a long-running issue with brown and orange harbour water.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. DISCOLOURED water entering Whitehaven Harbour could be diverted into the sea - if £1million can be secured in funding, the MP has revealed.

Whitehaven residents have said they are growing ... a bit of the reputation now is that we're well known for the orange water." Local businesses argue the state of the water could undermine ...