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Model speaker

2:24pm Friday 12th March 2010

DURHAM University’s student debating society has been left with a difficult dilemma – how do you follow an invitation to the BNP?

Row rekindled

2:26pm Friday 5th March 2010

DURHAM’S students, it would seem, never learn. Just when all the sound and fury about Durham Union Society’s invitation to two members of the BNP to a debate seemed to have died down, it may be about to be resurrected.

Secret plans

2:08pm Friday 26th February 2010

SPECTATOR first heard about plans for the Cabinet to meet in Durham about a weekand- a-half before the day, but was made to bite his lip due to security considerations.

Technophobia

3:52pm Friday 19th February 2010

SPECTATOR is a self-confessed technophobe – only last week one of his younger colleagues laughed incredulously when Spectator admitted to paying all his bills, in cash, at Lloyds in the Market Place.

Opening salvo

2:57pm Friday 12th February 2010

WITHOUT a doubt, Spectator expects a ferocious contest in Durham when the General Election is finally called – and last week’s visit of Nick Clegg gave a glimpse of what to expect.

Rock solid advice?

2:24pm Friday 5th February 2010

SPECTATOR was one of those left holding worthless shares in Northern Rock, thankfully only a handful, at the moment the bank and the world’s economy went belly up.

Positive thinking

2:11pm Friday 29th January 2010

COVERING a local football club is always a tricky job.

Eek by gum!

2:14pm Friday 22nd January 2010

SPECTATOR is bombarded with survey stories on a daily basis, with the nation’s press officers considering survey results to be among the easiest ways of getting their message into print.

No snoozing

1:46pm Friday 15th January 2010

FOR those of you who would not expect the Association of North-East Councils’ first summit for local government to yield many laughs, prepare to be surprised.

Worthy of a tip

1:36pm Friday 8th January 2010

AFTER weeks of dreaming of a white Christmas, many in Durham are now complaining that the relentless winter weather is making their lives a nightmare.

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