Durham support groups holds meeting for diabetics
DIABETES voluntary group will meet later this month. The next meeting of Diabetes UK Durham Voluntary Group will be held on Tuesday, March 12, at 7.30pm in the Diabetes Centre at University Hospital in...
View ArticleComedian Jack Whitehall visits Newcastle on Comic Relief tour
THEY say if you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
View ArticleDurham University physics student’s project to go into space
A FIRST year physics student is celebrating after her project to study laser welding in space was chosen by the European Space Agency. This means that Durham University student Ioana Ciuca – and fellow...
View ArticleDurham Free School pupils to gain extra hour of study
PUPILS joining a new free school opening this September will benefit from an extra hour of study every day. Durham Free School will have a longer working day than most schools, starting at 8.40am and...
View ArticleDurham duo named as new Little Ant and Dec
THE new Little Ant and Dec have been revealed. More than seven million viewers watched the Newcastle favourites burst back on to our screens with Saturday Night Takeaway last week.
View ArticleDurham Federation headteacher suspended awaiting an investigation
THE headteacher of one of the country’s most improved secondary schools, in Durham, has been suspended since December, awaiting an investigation.
View ArticleHighway bosses refuse to reduce speed limit on Durham road
HIGHWAY bosses are to refuse pleas to cut a speed limit on a busy dual carriageway where a schoolboy was killed almost two years ago. The decision, expected to be confirmed by Durham County Council’s...
View ArticleChief executive of the Durham Federation schools suspended
ANNE Lakey, who is chief executive of the Durham Federation, was suspended from her job before Christmas while inquiries were made. The federation includes two schools, Durham Community Business...
View ArticleDurham City embroidery display opening
THE new exhibition, Stitching In My Own Way - The Embroideries Of Iris Todd, will explore the scope of her work, beginning with hand-stitched panels and ending with a mix of free machine embroidery,...
View ArticleDurham County Council dog fouling clean-up campaign
Durham County Council is running a month-long campaign to encourage dog owners to be responsible and pick up after their pets.
View ArticleChris Packham to visit Durham Gala Theatre
TV naturalist Chris Packham is going wild in Durham
View ArticleDurham Wasps ice hockey team rink to get a revamp
Multi-million pound plans to redevelop the former home of the Durham Wasps ice hockey team were approved by planners yesterday.
View ArticleDurham health and NHS summit to take place
Ways of tackling inequalities once a new public health system is in place will be discussed at an event in the North East later this week.
View ArticlePolice name Northumberland crash victim
Northumbria Police have named a man who died in a crash in Northumberland.
View ArticleTony and Cherie Blair returned to County Durham for funeral
Tony and Cherie Blair returned to County Durham yesterday for the funeral of their former parish priest.
View ArticlePetition to stop County Durham opencast coal mine
A petition to stop farmland in County Durham being turned into an opencast coal mine has been launched.
View ArticleDurham pub hosting beer festival
Real Ale lovers are being invited to be the first to sample four new North East brews.
View ArticleCounty Durham volunteers needed to clean up local area
Volunteers are being called on to help clean up their local area.
View ArticleArt experts find £1m painting of King Charles I's wife lady-in-waiting hidden...
A £1M portrait by King Charles I’s court artist has been squirrelled away for years in a North museum.
View ArticleDurham Police sniffer dog catches drug users
The success of Durham Police's new operation to tackle drug users in the city centre is due to Annie, the sniffer dog.
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