Durham Times Comment - Leader

Apositive mindset

4:56pm Friday 17th May 2013

OVER the next few days tax bills ranging from a few hundred pounds to thousands of pounds will be dropping on to the door mats of many Durham city centre businesses.

Ukip needs a vision

10:55am Friday 10th May 2013

THE reporting of the local election results nationally was rather at odds with the experience in County Durham.

Tackling root causes

12:10pm Friday 3rd May 2013

ONE aspect of Durham life its citizens understandably tend not to boast about is its two prisons.

Weathering storm

11:48am Friday 26th April 2013

THIS winter has taken its toll and, as this weekend, just for good measure, we are going to get another little reminder, just in case we thought it was spring.

We need answers

11:04am Friday 19th April 2013

THIS year’s county council elections will be different in as much as the traditional offering of candidates will be supplemented by a significant increase in the number of UKIP would-be councillors.

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The Thatcher legacy

10:46am Friday 12th April 2013

ASSESSMENTS of the character of Margaret Thatcher and her contribution to British history this week have dwelt upon they way she almost single-handedly steered the country in a different direction and, in doing so, attracted equal amounts of wondrous acclaim or implacable hatred.

Flights Of Fancy

12:19pm Friday 5th April 2013

THE thorny issue of Durham and the Tees Valley’s airport came to the fore again this week with yet another prominent individual in the industry questioning its chances of survival as a passenger airport.

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On the right track?

11:17am Tuesday 2nd April 2013

THE 50th anniversary of the Beeching Report which took the axe to Britain’s rail network has been much commented on of late. However, there has been another railway anniversary this month marking an event almost as seismic in its impact.

The slippery slope

12:14pm Friday 22nd March 2013

THE regional and local press … must not pay the price for a problem they did not create. So said the Deputy Prime Minister after publication of Lord Justice Leveson’s report into press standards.

Road to recovery

1:56pm Friday 15th March 2013

CHANCELLOR George Osborne has precious room for manoeuvre in next week’s Budget – everyone is agreed about that.

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