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Gosling Family’s Cold Water Safety Reminder
The family of a County Durham teenager who drowned after jumping into a river has urged young people to be safe around water.
Cameron Gosling,...
Things to Do in Durham
Durham’s Brass Festival Replaced with Online Version
Take your screens to the streets: Durham BRASS will be livening up speakers across County Durham and beyond when the cancelled festival makes internet...
Beamish Museum Reopening & Monopoly Board Game
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, is to reopen its doors on 23rd July 2020.
The open air museum, which has been forced to...
Durham Business
The family of a County Durham teenager who drowned after jumping into a river has urged young people to be safe around water.
Cameron Gosling, 14, from Crook, experienced cold water shock and drowned after jumping into the River Wear near Bishop Auckland, on 5 July 2015.Ahead of the fifth...
SEND services in County Durham have improved significantly in the last three years, a latest Ofsted and CQC inspection has shown.
Between November 2017 and December 2017, Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) services across the county were assessed in a joint inspection by Ofsted and CQC.During this time, the...
Japanese corporation, Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe, is gearing up for growth after becoming the first tenant at a new County Durham business park.
Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems Europe (SEWS-E), is expanding and relocating its workforce from its base at Rainton Bridge, Houghton-le-Spring to a new site at Jade Business...
From Saturday 4th of July, the government has announced that businesses and venues in the hospitality sector, such as restaurants, pubs, hair salons, and cinemas, will be allowed to reopen to the public if they obey their rules.
While the next phase of restructuring will be a small but welcome...
Science & Technology in Durham
Cleveland Bridge UK is helping parents make homeschooling fun with a social media bridge building challenge
The Darlington-based company has teamed up with civil engineering and rail contractors Griffiths to encourage kids to create bridges from items from around the home and share photos of their structures on social media. View...
UPDATE: Everything is Corona-Cancelled
Archaeology Day, on Saturday 21st March, will celebrate the historical wonders that we need to remember who we are. And if that doesn't work, there will be tea and biscuits.Organised by the Council’s crack team of archaeologists, a series of speakers will give illustrated accounts of...
UPDATE: Everything is Corona-Cancelled
The newly-launched North East Business Resilience Centre (NEBRC) is helping firms to tackle a highly organised criminal industry that costs UK businesses geet walla piles of dosh per year.Led by Supt. Rebecca Chapman, NEBRC is funded by a range of private and public partners, a wide...
County Durham's councillors will discuss how to spend £50 million on saving the planet when it meets on Wednesday, 12 February.The council is proposing increased targets for carbon reduction as part of the two-year-plan, which includes an investment of £13.2 million to reduce the council’s own carbon emissions.The authority...
Durham Lifestyle
Swedish Snus Enters the Tobacco Free Market
If we need a nicotine fix, we tend to reach for toxic cigarettes, pungent cigars, or unsatisfying nicotine patches. But since the 18th century,...
Durham’s Young Stylists Reach Final of National Hairdressing Competition
Four stylish young stylists from Durham have styled their way into the finals of a national
student hairdressing competition, Concept Hair Apprentice of the Year...
What Challenges Will County Durham Face in 2020?
Durham is a unique area in the country. It has strong working-class roots based on its mining heritage, but is also a prestigious university...
The Race is On: Can The North East Add 400,000 Years of Life Expectancy...
According to the latest health reports commissioned by Public Health England, the North East has seen greater advances in life expectancy than anywhere else...
Review: The Big Meeting – A Documentary About The Durham Miners’ Gala
To anyone living anywhere near Durham city centre, the Durham Miners Gala is difficult to miss. To those living on the brass band marching...
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