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A suffragette and labour activist from County Durham has gained national recognition for her role in the struggle for the right of women to...

The most senior Spanish official in Britain paid a visit to County Durham last week. His Excellency Don Carlos Bastarreche Sagues, Spain’s Ambassador to the...

After a two-year struggle, a campaign group called The Faithful Durhams feel they are finally making progress in securing a permanent home for the...

Durham County Council is to receive almost £650,000 in central government cash in a pioneering approach to helping struggling families. The national Troubled Families programme...

Top cyclists will be racing head-to-head over the cobbles of Durham City this May. The return of the Tour Series on May 22nd will see...

Members of a new County Durham charity shop association recently posed for pictures wearing entirely donated clothes. The members – who were raising awareness of...

Every year, without fail, I am informed that the family is embarking on a bank holiday trip to Whitby because you know, “Get the...

A staggering total of more than 90,000 illegal cigarettes were seized in raids in County Durham during the 2017/18 financial year. 94,040 cigarettes were impounded...

County Durham’s residents will soon have the chance to learn how to trace their family histories. This spring will see the return of the popular...

Children from across County Durham will be enjoying chocolate eggs this Easter thanks to generous Durham County Council employees. Workers from the county’s Area Action...

A German woman who fled the Holocaust as a child has given a talk to school pupils in County Durham. Ruth Barnett spoke to Year...

County Durham’s residents, companies and schools are being encouraged to switch their lights off for one hour as part of the Earth Hour 2018...

A 600-strong group of volunteers who have made possible County Durham festivals like BRASS, Lumiere and the Bishop Auckland Food Festival have received the...

A 94-year-old fitness enthusiast will be helping celebrate the 20th anniversary of the gym he credits with keeping him healthy. Roy Heale has been going...

With the heavy snows and extreme wintery weather finally slackening off, County Durham is rapidly getting back to normal.  Almost all the roads that were...

Durham County Council has been battling to keep roads open and services functioning in the face of what experts have described as “an historic...

Durham County Council staff are working hard to ensure the county can keep moving, despite low temperatures and heavy overnight snowfalls. Since the early hours...

It’s never pleasant to face an invasion of pests – with the likes of cockroaches, wasps, bedbugs, ants, mice, rats, moles and other pesky...

Durham County Record Office - whose huge archives include five miles of documents dating back to medieval times - is going to have to...

Some of Britain’s most respected folk musicians are to deliver a powerful tale of exile and migration at Durham’s Gala Theatre. The Transports – a...