His story has re-surfaced because of an almost passing reference in local councillor Paul Stradling's millennium book on Horden - "100 years in 39 pages" says Paul, and a 4,000 copy sell-out.

He offered this book for free worldwide ... Dr Chandy lived for his community of Horden. During the miner's strike, he gave work to miners to assist their families. After the coal closure ...

IN a green space at the centre of Horden's maze of boarded-up houses and vacant shops stands Marra, a 9ft sculpture of a miner with his heart ripped from his chest. It couldn't be a more fitting ...

The Coastal Grasslands Reconnected Project will focus on an area between Nose's Point and Horden. The pair's home is closed after residents reported screaming, fighting and late-night parties.

Horden's Third Street could be knocked down and replaced under plans put forward by Durham County Council Homes could be demolished and residents relocated as part of plans to redevelop a County ...