The waterskiing stunt on the River Wear, Durham, stunt was filmed by Durham resident Mike Parker, who said it was 'amusing' but was concerned the daredevil may hurt himself.

The organisations are three of the founding members of Durham City Safety Group, which was set up in 2015 in response to a number of fatalities in the River Wear.

A new home has been built in the River Wear for a resident otter that had been using debris as its holt. Permission had to be granted by Natural England to remove fallen trees and shrubs from ...

A spokeswoman for Durham Constabulary said: “We received a report of a concern for the welfare of a man in the River Wear, in Durham City, shortly after 3:30pm on Tuesday.