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The site was intended to deliver 153 built-to-rent apartments, office space and a leisure complex featuring a Premier Inn, Everyman Cinema and BrewDog pub, but the project has been repeatedly delayed and shrouded in controversy. It was due to open in 2022. The collapse of contractor Tolent in 2023 brought progress at the Milburngate development…
The site was intended to deliver 153 built-to-rent apartments, office space and a leisure complex featuring a Premier Inn, Everyman Cinema and BrewDog pub, but the project has been repeatedly delayed and shrouded in controversy. It was due to open in 2022. The collapse of contractor Tolent in 2023 brought progress at the Milburngate development…
Members approved a final business case to create a new purpose-built base in Riccal Drive, Helmsley, after hearing that the current offices at the Old Vicarage in the townβs Bondgate were no longer fit for purpose. A vote on the move was taken today (Monday, January 19) at a special meeting of the authority following…
The development of the former Marks and Spencer building on Silver Street, was approved by Durham County Council in April 2023, and, since that time, little progress has been made. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday (January 12) MP Mary Kelly Foy said the project, alongside the Milburngate development had been “stalled for…
The development of the former Marks and Spencer building on Silver Street, was approved by Durham County Council in April 2023, and, since that time, little progress has been made. Speaking in the House of Commons on Monday (January 12) MP Mary Kelly Foy said the project, alongside the Milburngate development had been “stalled for…
A meeting between Ms Phillipson and Maya’s family is scheduled for later this month and is expected to include how safeguarding laws can be improved across the UK. Defenceless Maya, two, was killed in September 2022 by her motherβs partner, Michael Daymond. He inflicted fatal injuries on the tot at their home in Shotton Colliery….
Backing for the long-debated vision to bring back train services to the disused route through Gateshead, Sunderland, and County Durham formed part of the Governmentβs landmark Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) commitment this week. The regionβs leaders have been campaigning for years to rebuild the Leamside Line to return rail links to towns left disconnected since…
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued the warning after the ruling, published on Friday, said sharing single-sex changing rooms with a trans colleague had created βa hostile, intimidating, humiliating and degrading environmentβ for nurses in Darlington. Eight members of the Day Surgery Unit at Darlington Memorial Hospital brought a claim against County Durham…
Chancellor Rachel Reeves marked the start of construction of the new hub, which will house more than 1,600 civil servants, today (January 16).Β Built on the site of a former car park next to the Darlington East End club and opposite St Cuthbert’s church, the building is expected to open in the first quarter of…
Paul Bean, who represents the Crook ward, is the countyβs first councillor to join Advance UK.Β Reform expelled Cllr Bean, who was elected in May 2025, in September amid criticism of alleged social media posts criticising the party.Β Cllr Bean said he was βthrown under the busβ by Reform UK after the HOPE not hate…
