Across County Durham

Durham County Council has launched a consultation to raise awareness of the financial pressures it is facing and to give people an opportunity to shape how it transforms and delivers services over the next four years.

Another Young Futures Hub is set to be created in County Durham following a successful bid for funding.

For those who enjoyed Little Loco’s first adventure, there’s good news! A new Little Loco picture book about the Stockton & Darlington Railway is out now.

PCC Joy Allen explains, in her own words, why residents and businesses across County Durham and Darlington need to take part in a national survey and share their experience when reporting crime and whether it has been positive or whether policing needs to do better.

An opportunity has opened for an experienced festival producer to help develop the next major festival for County Durham.

A new survey has launched inviting people to share their experiences of drug-related crime in their communities to shape future prevention and enforcement action.

September’s Aycliffe Fell Walking Club outing took us into the Lake District area of Rydal to Coniston, writes Andy Jakob. As ever, there was a choice of walks from lowland ambles to high peaks challenges with the bulk of the walkers choosing the lower level walks due to the overcast weather conditions.

A North East council leader has cautioned against the “overdevelopment” of AI data centres, amid mounting concerns over plans for three new sites.

A minister has promised action to prevent a repeat of the “horrific” plastic spill that has blighted the North East coast.

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.