Axe proposed for 81 post offices

10:14am Tuesday 1st July 2008

MORE than 80 post office branches across the North-East face the axe in the latest round of a nation wide network review.

Tributes as businessman loses cancer battle

4:49pm Monday 30th June 2008

TRIBUTES have been paid to a North-East businessman who built up his family-run firm into a successful and prize-winning enterprise.

Fire at workingmen's club was arson

4:10pm Monday 30th June 2008

POLICE believe a fire which severely damaged a derelict former workingmen's club was started deliberately.

Future of Alington House still in doubt

1:30pm Monday 30th June 2008

THE future of a cash-strapped community centre remains in doubt, despite a vote to close the building at the end of the year.

Tributes to Durham academic

11:51am Sunday 29th June 2008

TRIBUTES have been paid to a pioneer in plant and crops research who worked at Durham University.

Authority praised for efforts to help disabled

9:07am Sunday 29th June 2008

MEASURES to bring essential services and facilities within easier reach of people with mobility problems have taken Durham County Council to within reach of a national award.

Two arrests after man racially abused

4:06pm Saturday 28th June 2008

TWO people have been arrested after a man was racially abused as he walked through the streets.

Universities 'not doing enough' for poor students

11:23am Saturday 28th June 2008

THE region's top universities are not doing enough to attract students from poorer homes, a report by Parliament's watchdog has warned.

Teenagers join tall ship crew

8:02am Saturday 28th June 2008

TWO teenagers are to take to the high seas as part of the crew of a tall ship.

	Something old, something new as Blue Coat marks anniversary
	12:53pm Fri 27 Jun 08
	FORMER staff and pupils joined the Bishop of Durham in celebrating a school's 300th anniversary at the weekend.

'Scrap admission policy changes' say parents

12:52pm Friday 27th June 2008

PARENTS last night called for the scrapping of proposed changes to admissions criteria at Durham Johnston School.

Lap dance club judicial review plea is rejected

12:50pm Friday 27th June 2008

RESIDENTS fighting an attempt to open a lap dancing club in Durham City are celebrating after winning a landmark legal battle.

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Cathedral sets £7m target to secure future

12:51pm Friday 27th June 2008

DURHAM Cathedral has launched a £7m fundraising drive.

No inquiry over housing plans for Byland Lodge

12:52pm Friday 27th June 2008

A GOVERNMENT office has declined to probe a controversial housing development.

Mastermind behind nightclub raid ordered to pay back £48,700

12:58pm Friday 27th June 2008

THE MAN behind an "inside"

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