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Reform UK Turmoil as Welsh Leader Quits After Arrest and 3 Councillors Resign Amid Durham Chaos

Reform UK is facing renewed scrutiny after Welsh leader Dan Thomas resigned following his arrest and three Durham councillors quit amid allegations of bullying and chaos.

International Business Times UK · Sep 16

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,…

The Times of India · Jul 21

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 · Apr 27

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.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

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) · Jul 18, 2023

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 · Jul 6, 2023

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 · Jul 6, 2023

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 · Jul 6, 2023

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 · Jul 6, 2023

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 · Jul 3, 2023