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Messing About on the River
As we start the wind down from the school year and look forward to the long summer holidays many youth organisations are likely to...
Happy School Holidays
The end of the school year has arrived and youngsters can chill out for five or six weeks. For parents the end of the ‘school...
Looking for Something to do with the Children? Look no further,...
In our busy lives we tend to see things that are incongruous but because we are so busy we don’t register what they are...
Looking for Treasure Trove? Uncover Free Books are at your Local...
There are 39 Libraries in County Durham including three in Durham City, they belong to all of us and are not just the province...
Save Our Hedgehogs
Years ago there was a tasteless joke circulating, ‘Why did the hedgehog cross the road? To visit its flat mate’. The point is when...
Behind Every Great Man there is a Great Woman?
We live in interesting times, do we not? Currently we have the enervating spectacle of our politicians fighting it out on both sides of...
Burial Urns, Cooking Pots and a Life-Sized Chariot – New Exhibition...
If you’ve ever fancied posing as an ancient charioteer, you now have the chance thanks to a new exhibition about life in ancient Lebanon,...
Durham Smartphone Boffin Elected to Royal Society
Remember the last time you got caught in a shower and were thankful your smartphone didn’t go haywire? Well, you’ve got a university professor...
This July’s Durham Miners Gala
Durham Miners Gala
Held every year on the second Saturday in July the Durham Miners Gala is almost upon us. The 122nd Gala will again...
High Skies and the Longest Day of the Year
We are enjoying better weather just now, long may it last. With warm sunshine giving us hot days and long pleasant evenings, sitting out...
