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THE hardworking volunteers at Crook Community Centre have been awarded a grant from the Asda Foundation. THE donation was given to help support the Centre’s warm‑space café, which provides low‑cost food, drinks, digital help, and a welcoming place for residents

At a meeting of the Council held in Eastgate Village Hall on 5th August 2026 PRESENT: Cllr M Brewin, Cllr J Shuttleworth, Cllr Mrs S Thompson, Cllr D Craig, Cllr Mrs S Smart, Cllr Mrs D Sutcliff, Cllr Mrs D Wright,

Luke Allan Holmes, the 23-year-old Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Holdham Group, and former Durham County Councillor and MP Candidate for City of Durham, has announced his engagement to his partner of eight years, Georgia. Luke is the son

A new management plan aimed at conserving the beauty of Durham Castle and Durham Cathedral for generations to come is now complete. Durham County Council’s Cabinet will be advised next week of the completion of a new World Heritage Site

PCC Joy Allen explains, in her own words, why the Government should spend taxpayers’ money strengthening the frontline rather than on a hugely costly bureaucratic restructure that the public neither asked for, voted for, nor was promised in any manifesto. The events

October is one of the most colourful times of the year. Many flowers are still blooming and the leaves on trees and shrubs are beginning to change to fiery colours like red, yellow and orange. It’s a good time to

Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen is calling on employers across the country to make road safety a boardroom priority as another County Durham transport company takes the powerful Life is Precious message onto Britain’s roads. A newly wrapped trailer

Police and Crime Commissioner Joy Allen joined criminal justice experts for the first in a series of national roundtable meetings to address gambling-related crime and harm. The meeting was chaired by Lord Timpson, the UK Minister of State for Prisons,

County Durham has been chosen to lead the way in helping other local authorities deliver excellence in children’s social care. Durham County Council has been selected for the government’s Children’s Social Care Improvement Teams (CIT) programme. Recognised as an authority

People wanting to vote by post in County Durham elections are advised they now need to renew their application every three years. Durham County Council is letting people know of changes introduced under the Elections Act 2022. Once three years

People are being invited to have their say on proposed works to support the future introduction of grazing cattle on a County Durham heathland. Durham County Council is considering GPS-controlled conservation grazing as an option for Waldridge Fell, near Chester-le

By Rev’d Graeme Holdsworth We had a wonderful day at Durham Cathedral with the Bishop of Durham, to celebrate and authorise Paula MacLeod in her new role as “Licensed Lay Minister” for the Church of England parish of Stanhope, Frosterley

A GRAND Flower Festival in memory of Norman and Betty Deacon is currently taking place in the Parish church, Tow Law – and it is stunning. Norman Deacon served as Church warden at the church of St Phillip and St

The 184th Stanhope Show got underway in a rain shower with all roads in Weardale leading to Unthank Park. Families bringing the exhibits they had been toiling away on for the weeks leading up to the show- baked, knitted, painted,

AS all roads across the north east and beyond led to Wolsingham on Saturday, very few people realised the tremendous effort that went into making it happen. As always, the show can’t work without many, many hands on deck with

Our project is almost coming to an end as the stones have been laid in church. Our sponsors have contributed a considerable amount of money towards the church floor and for this we are very grateful. The PCC have had