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The work of a heritage group recalling a long lost but once-thriving mining community has earned support on three fronts.

The Durham Association of Educators and the Durham Public Schools superintendent seem to be past the most hostile stage of ...

A girl has been taken to hospital after welfare concerns were raised on a County Durham road. Emergency services were called ...

Durham County has been fortunate to have a strong economy, but the past is no guarantee of the future,” said County Manager ...

Gary Hancock, 21, plead guilty to dumping household waste without an environmental permit. He was fined over £1,000 ...

Shortly after 11.30am today, police and fire crews were called to a blaze at Drum Industrial Estate near Chester-le-Street.

A County Durham woman was found dead in her home by her mum and brother, an inquest has heard, less than two weeks before he ...

Stephanie McCoy was found dead in her Durham County home last week. Her son “has a history of violent behavior.” ...

The proposed Durham County budget attempts to offset spiking property values and falls short of Durham Public Schools’ ...

Find out which pub in Spennymoor, County Durham, is the highest-rated on Tripadvisor and has been recommended for a Sunday roast.

The budget includes an increase in wages for entry-level and lower-wage full-time employees, marking the largest raise in ...