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Ed Miliband to address Durham Miners’ Gala

ED Miliband will become the first Labour leader to address the Durham Miners’ Gala for more than 20 years.Read

County Durham dad killed by ‘Possessed’ motorist

AN Irish motorist looked like he was “possessed” when he killed a County Durham man in a road rage attack, a court heard.Read

Durham light festival was worth £3.4m to economy

A FESTIVAL of light could get a 2013 encore after a report hailed the event as a "beacon of hope" for the economy.Read

Visitors flock to see Durham's £5m revamp

VISITORS to Durham were entertained by a fashion catwalk show, an 80s style singer, a break-dancing troupe and a performance by the National Youth Orchestra to celebrate the city’s new market place.Read

Durham power cuts caused by snow and gales

TENS of thousands of householders spent up to 24 hours without power after gales and snow brought the region’s early summer to an abrupt and freezing end.Read

150 volunteers needed to help Durham City visitors

AN appeal has gone out for volunteers to be “pointers” to provide a warm greeting to visitors to a historic city.Read

Durham couple to wed after finding love through grief

WHEN Jamie Vayro died at the age of just 22 his sister and his best friend didn’t think they would ever be able to feel happiness again.Read

County Durham bus services are set to be resumed

TRANSPORT bosses have agreed that late night and Sunday buses axed due to council cutbacks should resume services towards the end of next month.Read

Historic day as women become freemen of Durham city

FOUR sisters will make history today when they finally break down the barriers of an all-male preserve that has survived for nearly 700 years.Read

St Cuthbert’s banner reproduced after being destroyed in 16th century Reformation

A PROUD symbol of the North East which was destroyed during the Reformation in the 16th century has been reproduced in extraordinary detail.Read

Anger at the "studentification" of Durham City

PLANNERS who gave the go-ahead for 112 new student flats yesterday were warned a historic city was in danger of becoming “little more than a university campus”.Read

Durham taxi drivers' fury over outsiders trading in city

TAXI drivers in an historic city say civic bosses have created “a monster” by allowing outside cabbies in to ply for trade.Read

140,000 flock to Durham for Lumiere event

ORGANISERS who staged a four-night lighting spectacular in Durham City hope to stage something similar in two years’ time.Read

Marking 25th anniversary of Durham heritage site

CHILDREN travelled back in time to the Norman conquest of England to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Durham being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Read

Lumiere festival returns to Durham City

BIGGER, bolder, and brighter than ever: that was the pledge from organisers of Lumiere, Durham’s light festival, which returns for another breathtaking nocturnal landscape over four days next month.Read

Critics say toll will not end Durham City Centre safety fears

A TOLL road to allow motorists to drive onto a historic peninsular is to be re-introduced next week.Read

County Durham gears up for new taxi system

A NEW taxi system, which will see changes to the way hackney carriages and the private hire trade operate, will come into force next month in County Durham.Read

Durham University solar-powered car in race across Australia

A SOLAR-POWERED car built in the North East is to represent the region in an international race.Read

Durham County Council to decide on city's mayor

COUNCILLORS will again appoint an historic city’s mayor after plans were agreed for a new town council.Read

Marching orders for morris dancers in Durham

RINGS on their fingers were OK, but bells on their toes meant a group of morris dancers were given their marching orders from a North East pub.Read

Durham residents united in opposition to city revamp plans

HUNDREDS of residents gave a resounding thumbs-down to a £5m-plus revamp of a historic city centre last night.Read

Outcry over County Durham tourist information centres closure plans

AN outcry over plans to close three tourist information centres (TICs) in County Durham is growing at the same time as a scheme to encourage more visitors to the county was announced.Read

St Cuthbert Gospel

Campaign starts to bring St Cuthbert Gospel back to Durham

ONE of the world’s most significant books will be exhibited regularly in the North East if a major fundraising campaign announced by the British Library yesterday is successful.Read

Celebrating music and traditions at Durham Miners’ Gala

THOUSANDS of people braved thunderstorms for a historic festival celebrating the region’s mining past.Read

Conmen try to use fake £20 notes in Durham shops

TRICKSTERS have been attempting to dupe shopkeepers out of cash and goods by fobbing them off with a stack of crudely made counterfeit currency.Read

Medieval garden created in Durham City

EVERY historical age has its concerns and pre-occupations. And it seems that one worry for our Anglo-Saxon ancestors was how to protect themselves from attacks by elves!Read

New Durham Cathedral and Castle visitor centre opens

A NEW centre to help visitors make the most of a North East city’s world heritage site opened yesterday.Read

Bid for high-speed broadband cash fails

THOUSANDS of homes and businesses across County Durham will have to wait longer for high speed internet broadband after a bid for a slice of £50m government cash was rejected.Read

Four Nations Clubs for Young People tournament set to kick off

A GRASSROOTS football tournament which has spawned some of the game’s greats will give the next generation of upcoming footballers their first taste in the spotlight.Read

Durham plays host to annual Halfords Tour Series cycle event

THE cobbled streets and impressive architecture of a historic city will play host to cycling elite after a national tournament selected the North East as its starting point.Read

City of Durham Freemen will now be joined by women

SEVEN hundred years of tradition has come to an end as an exclusively male-only organisation lifts its ban on women.Read

Five in court over County Durham drug offences

FIVE people have appeared in court charged with drug related offences after a series of dawn raids.Read

Durham County Council increase salt stores for winter weather

CIVIC bosses are banking on a salt shipment from Peru helping to keep a county’s roads safe next winter.Read

Delegation to plea for Durham free school bus

A TOP-LEVEL Roman Catholic delegation including a friend of former Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet council bosses today to urge them to reconsider a controversial plan to axe free transport to faith schools.Read

Durham County Council may clamp down on cemetery tributes

LIMITS could be placed on grieving relatives displaying graveside tributes as part of new measures being proposed by council chiefs.Read

Durham Tourist Information Centre to close

COUNCIL bosses have been criticised for a decision to axe a tourism information centre in the historic city of Durham - while retaining one in a town 10 miles away.Read

Labour leader Ed Miliband will go to annual gala event

ED Miliband will become the first Labour leader in more than 20 years to attend the historic Durham Miners’ Gala when he speaks there later this year.Read

Vandals cover Durham city in unsightly mess

VANDALS are being targeted after they covered one of the region’s cleanest cities in ugly scrawls.Read

Concern over care upheaval in Durham

HUNDREDS of vulnerable residents could find themselves being looked after by strangers following a controversial change in home care service.Read

Skeletons found in Durham city centre

SKELETONS believed to be hundreds of years old have been unearthed by diggers working in the middle of Durham city.Read

Green plan considered by Durham County Council

SOLAR farms and individual solar panels on the roofs of homes and businesses could become commonplace in County Durham if councillors agree plans to take advantage of green energy.Read

New Zealander living in Durham tells of horror

A NATIVE of Christchurch now living in the North East has told of the horror of watching the devastation that has hit her home town.Read

Throwaway food back on menu

THEY’RE not traditionally known for their culinary skills but these students are turning shop and supermarket waste into slap-up meals for the vulnerable.Read

Traffic deaths in County Durham reach new low

DEATHS on the roads of County Durham last year reached their lowest level since local government and police boundaries were changed 36 years ago.Read

Chilean miner is coming to the North East

ONE of the rescued Chilean miners is coming to the North East to recount his ordeal.Read

Shedding light on ‘dark side’ of Durham City

LOCALS will soon hear how their views have been taken on board about the future of a street branded “the dark side of Durham”.Read

Durham woman killed when scooter was hit in dark

A DISABLED woman was killed when she was knocked from an unlit wheelchair she was driving late at night, an inquest heard yesterday.Read

Durham MP hits out at school cuts decision

A NORTH East MP has labelled the Government’s decision to significantly cut school building budgets as “atrocious”.Read

Durham Cathedral

Durham left off City of Culture 2013 shortlist

IT was the culture bid which should have brought in £30m and created more than 3,000 jobs.Read

County Durham coastline in line to win national award

A LONG-RUNNING project to revive the County Durham coastline has won national recognition.Read

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