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Visits to Peases West, Parkside, Villa Real & Stanhope Barrington as part of UK Parliament Week in local North West Durham Schools Today marks the end of UK...

With all that’s going on at home and abroad, it’s important to remember those who’ve served and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. They fought...

With the cold weather beginning to draw in and having seen very high fuel prices (which are now begininning to fall) naturally people look a bit harder at their...

Fantastic to visit the Derwent Valley Car Club in Blackhill. They are a community-based car club that offers pay-as-you-go electric car hire by the day or by...

I was keen to touch base with Northern Powergrid ahead of this winter and spoke to them last week after several constituents got in touch with localised ongoing...

There is one issue that people mention to me in every single town and village in North West Durham: speeding. It is both dangerous and anti-social, and a huge...

As I've said before, I want UNITE and Go North East to get round the table to sort this situation out. There could be more talks between them or the could go...

Flooding in Lanchester ** It's been horrible to see that Lanchester has been hit so badly by flooding again. Longstanding residents will be aware of the...

Great to swing by Sweetharts Bakery and Coffee Shop in Blackhill on Friday. They have some of the freshest bread and finest sweet and savoury treats in all of...