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A landlord company managing 300 rental homes has been fined £42,500 after paramedics found tenants sleeping on floors surrounded by dead rats and human waste

A landlord company in County Durham has been fined £42,500 after tenants were found living in unsafe conditions, including sleeping among dead rats, mice, human waste and urine. The court heard the firm failed to carry out required property inspections and maintain valid gas safety certificates across several rental homes,…

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Funeral held for baby whose remains were found wrapped in a newspaper dated 1910

A ‘small and respectful’ funeral was held for the baby whose remains lay undiscovered for decades.

Evening Standard

Woman plunged 9m to death through gap in wall near Barnard Castle

A coroner has warned future deaths could occur after a 78-year-old woman slipped through a gap in a protective stone wall and fell into the River Tees

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Labour beats Reform UK with first council by-election gain in almost a year

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has lost over 50 council seats in polls called since the last local elections

Evening Standard

Reform-led council cabinet approves cuts after financial black hole grows by £11m in two months

Deputy leader of Durham County Council Darren Grimes said the figures were ‘no joke’

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Reform UK council removes St George’s flags and bunting over public safety fears

Durham County Council is removing the display of St George’s Cross and the Union flag over fears it could compromise public safety

The Independent UK

Farage hails Reform as ‘main opposition’ after gaining MP and councils

Reform UK has won Staffordshire and Lincolnshire councils from the Conservatives and taken control of Durham County Council.

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Conservative Club fined over brutal wrestling 'death match'

A CONSERVATIVE Club which hosted a blood-soaked wrestling “death match” in front of children has been fined, a council has said.

The National (Scotland)

Durham solar energy firm Power Roll secures £1m investment to expand operations

The company says its aim is to "revolutionise solar energy" from its North East base

Birmingham Post

UK's biggest pub company guilty of health and safety breach after student dies outside Durham bar

Stonegate Pub Company had been on trial at Teesside Crown Court

Chronicle Live

UK's largest pub chain convicted over death of student crushed outside bar

The venue was full of student sports teams on a Wednesday night and a crowd had gathered outside, waiting to get in

Wales Online

Pub chain Stonegate faces fine after student’s death outside busy bar

Olivia Burt, 20, was killed when a screen fell on her while she queued to get into Durham’s Missoula nightclub in 2018

The Independent UK

Seaham Food Festival announces menu of celebrity chefs, circus acts and rock music

TV stars of MasterChef and The Great British Bake Off will be at this August's food and drink festival where family entertainment will include sea shanties, beach games and bubble monsters

Chronicle Live

Durham care home in shock closure that 'left staff and residents stunned'

Hallgarth Care Home is to close in August

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'Huge win' - Government rejects plans for controversial incinerator in Consett

The Secretary for State has rejected proposals by Project Genesis for a renewable energy centre

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A year of celebrations to mark 75 years of Peterlee set to begin next week

Over the next year, a series of events, exhibitions, concerts, and workshops will take place in and around Peterlee, to commemorate 75 years of the area being established as a 'New Town'

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County Durham shop owner fined thousands after selling illegal vapes

Sajid Khan, who owns the best-one shop on Front Street in Leadgate, was found to be selling hundreds of illegal vapes

Birmingham Post

North East deals of the week: key contracts, investments and acquisitions

Companies featuring in this week's deals round-up include Kinewell Energy, European Metals Recycling, Port of Tyne, Magnitude Biosciences, Kromek, LightOx and Maven Capital Partners

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Two County Durham drivers fined for mis-using Blue Badges after parking in disabled bays on the same street

Karen Summerbell and Jamie Leigh have been ordered to pay over £500 each after pleading guilty to mis-using a Blue Badge

Birmingham Post

Maven Capital Partners to continue managing £20m Finance Durham Fund

The North East firm recently topped £12.5m investments into businesses across the region through the Fund

Chronicle Live

Hard-up North East town halls' massive bill to pay for taxis to take children to school

Thousands of pupils across the region use taxis to get to school - but the system is 'at breaking point'

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MasterChef and Great British Bake Off stars to headline at Seaham Food Festival this summer

Durham County Council have announced this year's celebrity headliners at Seaham Food Festival

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County Durham drivers warned of eight places where you are most likely to get a ticket

More than eight million Penalty Charge Notices are dished out in the UK every year - and 30,000 of them are to motorists in County Durham

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Walking and cycling 'improvements' in three Durham locations after Government awards council £2.8m

Durham County Council was awarded the money from the £198m Transforming Cities Fund Programme

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County Durham man fined more than £1,400 after his rubbish was found dumped in country lane

Preston Hamilton, from County Durham, was fined £500 for failing to take measures to ensure his waste was transferred by an authorised person and ordered to pay £704 in costs as well as a £200 victim surcharge

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