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Massive Durham Arts Festival Starting Tomorrow

Durham Festival of the Arts, which will run from 2nd to 23rd June, is set to bring over 30 unique cultural events to the city. Now in its third year, this summer’s Durham Festival...
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Durham Gala Theatre Announces Cast for Talking Heads

Durham’s Gala Theatre has revealed the cast for its upcoming adaptation of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, with three lead roles going to actors based in the north east. Originally broadcast by the BBC, Talking Heads...
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Soviet-era Photos Unearthed Showing Durham’s Links to Russian City

Photos from the late 1960s – deep in Russia’s Soviet era – have been unearthed which show the links between Durham and the Russian city of Kostroma. On 5th July 1968, Durham Council signed a...
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Durham Families Invited to a Big Snowy Christmas in the Park

County Durham families are invited to enjoy a magical Christmas show in Wharton Park. The Big Snowy Christmas – staged by Little Blue Monster Productions – will be providing festive fun on Saturday 15th and...

Experience the Magic of Hogwarts like Famous Wizard Harry Potter at the historic Durham...

Walk in the footsteps of Harry Potter at Durham Cathedral. The popularity of Durham City has increased significantly with the interest of the historic, famous Norman cathedral. Many tourists are instantly attracted to the cathedral...
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Massive Durham Art Installation to Be Made of Plastic Bottles

A huge eco-friendly County Durham art installation is to be constructed from plastic bottles. Communities from across the county will come together to make the artwork ahead of the light festival Lumiere, which will take...

Everything is Corona-Cancelled! Including School

Yesterday, the Council announced the cancellation of next month’s Bishop Auckland Food Festival, with stallholders and those who had bought tickets to receive full refunds. That was just a warm up. Today, a further slew...

Food for Families Hurt by Lockdown

A County Durham partnership has spent £2,000 on temporarily preventing local primary school pupils from going hungry during the lockdown crisis. Mid Durham Area Action Partnership (AAP) is supporting the efforts of Brandon Primary School...

Council’s Adult Learning Skills Service Helping Hundreds

The home delivery of learning packages means that, to date, 274 adults and 414 children have continued to engage with East Durham Trust, which delivers community learning on behalf of The Council’s Adult Learning...

County Durham Leisure Centres Re-Engineered From 27 July

The Council will begin a phased re-engineering of its indoor leisure facilities from Monday, 27 July, in line with the cycling of lockdown restrictions across the country and in accordance with antisocial engineering. Initially, only...

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