A council is investigating after a tree believed to be at least 40 years old was felled in a village. Durham County Council ...

At least eight court summons have been issued to elected North East councillors for non-payment of council tax in the past ...

NIGEL Farage has vowed to be Britain’s Elon Musk and take a chainsaw to council waste if he sweeps to victory in local ...

Residents in South Moor, South Stanley, East Stanley, Esh Village, Langley Park, and Lanchester, County Durham, have been ...

The Durham City Council rejected plans Monday night for 700 new homes in the fast-growing southwestern part of the county.

According to the documents, Newcastle City Council issued a total of four court summons to councillors since 2022 for unpaid ...

Road closures in Durham on May 17 as the King and Queen attend the Royal Maundy Service at Durham Cathedral - best places to ...

Durham County Council (DCC) is carrying out a survey of student housing to identify whether a ‘significant proportion’ of homes are ‘managed so ineffectively that problems arise for occupants or other ...

In 2024/24, the council issued two councillors with summons – for unpaid sums to the value of £437 and £617 respectively. Two county councillors in Durham who owed £471 and £433 were issued ...

Plans for a barn conversion in a County Durham village have been approved by the council. Proposals, submitted by applicant ...

Durham City Council rejected an annexation ordinance and unanimously passed the Vision Zero Action Plan during its Monday ...

A Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) investigation found sitting councillors in both Newcastle and County Durham had been taken to court for not paying their council tax bills since 2022.