Across County Durham

Housing developers have been accused of “moving the goalposts” after applying to delay the delivery of key community facilities at a garden village scheme. 

Parish councillors have threatened to take legal action if areas of Green Belt land around Durham City are earmarked for development in the county’s next local plan.

A new hotel overlooking Durham’s cricket ground could more than double the club’s turnover and create more than 100 jobs, according to its chief executive.

This week I spoke to LBC and national media about the Government's expansion of alcohol monitoring tags for offenders whose drinking has been linked to criminal behaviour, writes PCC Joy Allen.

Andy Burnham may still be weeks away from stepping into Number 10 to replace Keir Starmer, but his ‘King of the North’ status already appears to be ruffling feathers in Westminster.

PCC Joy Allen explains, in her own words, why ensuring the vehicle you are driving is roadworthy is hugely important and that it is rarely one action that prevents a collision, death or serious injury but a series of small decisions that make you safer.

A new Local SEND Reform Plan has been created by council officers in County Durham as part of the government’s latest education reforms.

Plans for a new 152-bedroom four-star hotel overlooking Durham’s cricket ground have been approved.

The North East mayor will demand that Andy Burnham hands her major powers and funding to solve the unemployment crisis plaguing a generation a generation of young people, if he becomes Prime Minister.

The building which is now the rather quaint Barningham village hall, was packed to the point of standing room only at the invitation of a local MP. And there was only one topic on the agenda - plans for a large scale wind farm on moorland passed through the generations to current owners, Sir Edward and Lady Natalie Milbank.