Across County Durham

The Local Area SEND Reform Plan for County Durham has been approved by the Department for Education and the Department of Health and Social Care.

New funding has become available to help organisations support people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless.

A landlord has been forced to pay £28,500 after the mother of a newborn baby and child with disabilities were living in a property blighted with damp and mould, no heating or hot water, and electrical issues.

Golightly Theatre Company are delighted to announce the upcoming premiere of ‘Coal Faces’, a powerful new musical coming to local venues this October.

Helping children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) to feel included, that they belong, and that they are able to do their best. That is at the heart of a new strategy that goes before Durham County Council’s Cabinet for approval today.

New and resurrected town twinning links with communities in Italy and France are being put forward in County Durham.

Durham County Council is considering introducing Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) in town centres, including some bus stations, across County Durham.

The importance of food and farming in County Durham has been celebrated as part of an event marking Back British Farming Day.

More than £800,000 in savings, thousands of staff hours returned to policing and significant reductions in detainee waiting times have been achieved since the opening of Durham’s pioneering Investigative Hub, a new report has revealed.

Theatres Trust, the national advisory and advocacy body for theatres, has awarded grants totalling £88,000 to 13 theatres in England, Scotland, and Wales through its Small Grants Programme supported by The Linbury Trust, including The Witham Arts Centre in Barnard Castle