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Firefighters have warned that every second is crucial if a fire breaks out in your home as they urge residents to check how safe their property is in a free online assessment. County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service

LOVE YOUR GARDEN By Sara Milne If your garden is in a mild location in the UK then snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils will be showing their heads in February, but beware – the weather is changeable and can still be

Tickets are now on sale for a must-see pantomime following last year’s record-breaking production. Sleeping Beauty at Empire Consett proved to be the panto that dreams are made of after breaking Box Office records to become the Durham County Council

Earlier this month, the Government published the first national Road Safety Strategy in more than a decade. This really matters because for too long, deaths and serious injuries on our roads have been treated as inevitable accidents. They are not

Archaeologists uncovering the hidden history of Auckland Palace are inviting the public behind the scenes as historic finds from eight years of excavations are analysed in a new ‘open laboratory’ in Bishop Auckland town centre. The open lab launched on

“Distraction in the kitchen can lead to devastation.” That’s the message from firefighters at County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service (CDDFRS) as new figures show more than half of the accidental house fires they attended last year started

AGENDA  for  the meeting on 20th January 2026 Planning Applications. THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 100A OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 THAT THE PUBLIC BE EXCLUDED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING DURING CONSIDERATION OF THE ITEMS LISTED BELOW ON

A rogue builder is facing time behind bars after carrying out a string of fraud offences against his customers, leaving them thousands of pounds out of pocket. John McGrath, of The Oval, Barnard Castle, was sentenced today at Teesside Crown

A County Durham–based rail events company is inviting local community groups to experience a unique day out this summer, with exclusive group discounts being offered as a thank you to the volunteers and organisations who do so much to support

A £3m programme to deliver improvements on a busy County Durham road is to continue, with preparatory work taking place ahead of the installation of new traffic lights. Durham County Council secured £2.94m in funding from the Department for Transport

A man who dumped rubble at the side of a country lane in County Durham has been left more than £1,000 out of pocket. John Paul Cliff was captured on CCTV dumping the building waste into a hedgerow and down

A road safety campaign by the Scottish Government to tackle speeding on Scotland’s roads stars 21-year-old Cameron Pinkney in the driving seat. A former pupil at Wolsingham Primary School, Cam has competed in Autotest trials from a young age, following

THE Weardale Warblers choir, based in Wolsingham, is continuing to grow and succeed and now into it’s ninth year. Founded in 2017 by Dawn Gregory and fellow members of Wolsingham WI, it was originally funded by the NHS Wellbeing for