Exciting time ahead

12:12pm Friday 14th June 2013

ORGANISERS of the Lindisfarne Gospels’ return to Durham this summer have for some months walked a tightrope, in both satisfying the desire of the public and press to know more about the exhibition, and keeping some details back to build excitement as opening day approaches.

United for region

3:24pm Friday 7th June 2013

NEWSPAPERS are naturally competitive. We still take a certain amount of pride in our efforts to out-do each other, perhaps through a story that no other rival has, or the relative strength of our circulations.

The price of justice

4:38pm Monday 3rd June 2013

AS another round of spending cuts is being argued over in Whitehall, all budgets bar health, education and foreign aid are coming under renewed pressure. One department, justice, has to find £2.5bn by the next general election, while also keeping an electoral promise to build more jails.

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.

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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