Durham Deafened Support Receives Help from Framwellgate Moor School
Durham County Council’s Durham Area Action Partnership (AAP) awarded grants to two organisations, helping them to collaborate on a project to help County Durham’s deaf residents.
Durham Deafened Support received £920 to reduce isolation amongst...
No Cheating Social Housing, Thanks to Bank Statements
Paul Bradly, chief internal auditor and corporate fraud manager at The Council, said: “Subletting social housing is about more than breaching a tenancy agreement, it is about taking away a property from someone who...
Construction gets under way at £140m Business Park
A new £140 million industrial park is officially open for business following the appointment of a development partner and the sale of its first plot of land.
Forrest Park (Newton Aycliffe) Limited, a joint venture...
Primary School In County Durham Receives An Award From UNICEF
A County Durham primary school is celebrating after receiving an award from Unicef.
Langley Park Primary School has achieved silver in the second stage of the Rights Respecting Schools Award.
The award is granted by Unicef...
A County Durham Mum Supports North East Charity In Memory Of Her Son
A County Durham mum who lost her teenage son in tragic circumstances has raised money to ensure nobody else has to go through the same anguish.
Seventeen-year-old Will Bentham died suddenly last August after a...
Council Cabinet Approves New Leisure Centre Sites
Durham County Council’s Cabinet has approved the preferred sites in Seaham, Chester-le-Street and Bishop Auckland, which will support the county’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, regenerate local communities and improve the physical and...
Gatehead Considered England’s Most Affordable Place With Highly Rated Schools
Gateshead offers best ratio of Ofsted-rated “outstanding” schools to low house prices
South Tyneside and St Helens are also in top three
Isle of Wight, West Sussex and Oxfordshire are the bottom three
New...
Extension Of The Kype Muir Wind Farm Underway
Construction work on the UK’s first onshore wind farm with 200m-tall turbines has started after Banks Renewables secured new funding agreements with Greencoat UK Wind at the start of the year.
The 15-turbine extension to...
Maven Capital Partners Secures Additional Funding To Support Growth
Following a period of growth and relocation to County Durham the business has secured further funding to support its growing list of international customers
Maven Capital Partners (“Maven”) has led a £2.5 million funding round...
New Year’s Day Charity Walk
Raby Castle will be opening the gates to its beautiful Deer Park on the first day of the new year, so friends and families can enjoy a leisurely stroll in the fresh air across...
LATEST NEWS
