Teaching Assistants Reject Council Offer with Mass Rally
A mass rally of teaching assistants took place last night at the Durham Miners’ Hall in Flass Street. At the rally, hundreds of TAs heard calls from their leaders to reject Durham County Council’s...
Gold for Durham is a Blooming Success
Spectacular gardens tended with many hours of tender loving care have brought success to Durham City and County in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Northumbria in Bloom Competition declaring Durham overall winners and Champion of...
Strictly St Cuthbert’s Dance Spectacular 2017, Register Now
Armchair dancers across the Country are once again engrossed in the BBC Dance Spectacular Strictly Come Dancing, and the bets are on about who will be sent to the back benches first.Many of us watching...
Olympic Rower Joins Water Safety Campaign
Rower Jess Eddie, who won a silver medal in the Rio Olympics, has backed a campaign which warns of the hazards of jumping into rivers during spells of hot weather. The Dying to Be...
Lest we Forget, Remembrance is Not Just About the Past
On September 15th 1916 The Durham Light Infantry paid a terrible price losing four hundred and five brave young men on the Regiments Bloodiest Day on the Somme. Historians pore over the records and...
New Deal for Durham’s Teaching Assistants
Durham County Council is to offer its teaching assistants a ‘final deal’ in a bid to end a long-running dispute over new contracts. The teaching assistants and their supporters have engaged in a summer...
Durham Cathedral Makes Top Twenty of England’s Most Popular Attractions
Durham’s magnificent 900-year-old Cathedral seems to be getting the recognition it deserves. A survey of around 1,500 tourist sights, carried out last year by Visit England, has given the Cathedral the rank of the...
Council Encourages Residents to Get Olympic Fit
Durham County Council is offering local residents an Olympic deal in a bid to boost fitness levels. The County Council’s ten leisure centres will grant free sessions to people inspired by the Olympic and...
Local Student Makes Good, Becoming President of the Students Union.
Durham born student Matt Evens has turned disappointment into success. The ‘A’ level student suffered a setback upon opening the notification of his ‘A’ level results, his grades were not quite good enough to...
Historic Church Gets Grant to Save Roof
An ancient church, which is steeped in history, has received a grant of nearly £95,000 to fund vital repairs to its roof. The custodians of the grade-one listed St Helen’s Church, in the village...
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