The New Durham Canyon - Know the Truth

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tons, the volume of 25 swimming pools. Durham experienced three inches of rain in 24 hours, ten times the average, helping to create the new feature in a field belonging to Houghall agricultural college in the village of Shincliffe. Pete Whitfield, from the college, discovered the canyon on Saturday morning when he rushed to work to sort out the flooding problems, which were so bad several pigs were drowned. He was early enough on the scene to see the water thundering into it from the ...