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LATAM Group Sustainability Strategy - A Commitment To Environmental Preservation

LATAM Group Sustainability Strategy – A Commitment To Environmental Preservation

Single-use plastics eliminated by 2023 Zero waste to landfill company by 2027 50% of carbon emissions offset by 2030 Carbon neutral by 2050 Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, reducing emissions through new technologies and protecting iconic ecosystems in...
Durham School Kickstart Programme Providing Career Opportunities To Young People

Durham School Kickstart Programme Providing Career Opportunities To Young People

The Kickstart programme is set to help local young people into the job market by giving them 6 months of workplace experience whilst they receive financial support. A 600-year-old school in the heart of Durham...
Durham-Based WL Distillery Award The Silver Medal At The London Spirits Competition 2021

Durham-Based WL Distillery Award The Silver Medal At The London Spirits Competition 2021

County Durham-based WL Distillery has been awarded the Silver medal at the London Spirits Competition 2021 for their debut 1st Edition Gin. In its fourth year, the prestigious competition is an annual judging of international...
MP Richard Holden Pursues Bid For Feasibility Study Into The Weardale Railway Line

MP Richard Holden Pursues Bid For Feasibility Study Into The Weardale Railway Line

Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has hosted Chris Heaton-Harris, Member of Parliament for Daventry and Minister of State for Transport in North West Durham. The Weardale Railway was part of a...
Council Opens Lateral Flow Testing Sites Across County Durham

Council Opens Lateral Flow Testing Sites Across County Durham

Residents will be able to check if they have coronavirus without showing any symptoms as lateral flow test centres open across County Durham. Durham County Council has launched its Lateral Flow Device (LFD) Community Testing...
Farming Minister Hosted By North West Durham MP Richard Holden

Farming Minister Hosted By North West Durham MP Richard Holden

Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has hosted Victoria Prentis MP, the Farming, Fisheries and Food minister, in Weardale, North West Durham. During the Minister’s first visit to the constituency, Richard and...

House of Ruhr Wins Silver Medal at London Spirits Competition

Wearside based Gin distributor; House of Ruhr has won silver medals at the 4th London Spirits Competition. The medals are an ultimate endorsement in the global spirits industry. House of Ruhr’s Bergmann, Renton and...
Concerns Arise Of Lack Of Future Plans Durham Light Infantry Museum

Concerns Arise Of Lack Of Future Plans Durham Light Infantry Museum

Richard Holden meets with the group trying to save the Durham Light Infantry museum as concerns grow over lack of plans for its future Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has visited...
Council Approves Plans For Durham Business Hub

Council Approves Plans For Durham Business Hub

Durham County Council has granted planning consent to Citrus Durham for the delivery of the next phase of employment accommodation at its £300m mixed-use Integra 61 development at J61 of the A1(M). The new business/industrial...
Does your Durham Neighbour Have the Right to Own a Venomous Snake?

Does your Durham Neighbour Have the Right to Own a Venomous Snake?

The recent two-part ITV documentary Britain's Tiger Kings - On The Trail With Ross Kemp highlighted the growing problems associated with the keeping of wild animals as pets. In response to the documentary, Born Free’s...

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