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Dreary British summer prompts surge in last-minute holiday bookings from Newcastle Airport
Newcastle International Airport
More wet weather is on the way this week, but some are escaping it with last minutes to the likes of Turkey and Bulgaria
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More than 280 new homes permitted to be built on 'eyesore' derelict land in County Durham
Peterlee
Durham County Council (DCC) has given the go-ahead for the construction of 282 new homes on the former North East Industrial Estate in Peterlee and Horden
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Three people fined for separate fly-tipping incidents across Darlington
County Durham
Three fly-tipping cases were heard by Peterlee Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 23, with prosecutions brought by Darlington Borough Council
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Blind Gateshead teenager with brain tumour 'thrilled' by skydive to raise cash for cancer charity
Gateshead
Jack Thompson said the skydiving was "brilliant" and he's added £20,000 to his incredible fundraising for Young Lives vs Cancer
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Easington candidates for the general election 2024
Easington
The County Durham seat of Easington contains Peterlee, Easington and Seaham as well as Thornley and Wingate, and has traditionally been a Labour stronghold
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Albanian 'gardener' jailed after being found at 'sophisticated' cannabis farm in County Durham industrial unit
Peterlee
Jeton Metollari, 24, was found at a commercial cannabis farm inside a unit on a Peterlee industrial estate in April
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Sunderland-born great-grandmother says brandy and lemonade is secret to long life on 100th birthday
Sunderland
Ethel May Clark recently celebrated her 100th birthday at Bannatyne Lodge Care Home in Peterlee
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Peterlee firefighter to spend Father's Day working alongside son who followed in his lifesaving footsteps
Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
21-year-old Ben Hudson is following in the footsteps of his dad, 57-year-old Clive, who has been a firefighter for 18 years.
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County Durham men ordered to pay collective penalty of over £2,000 for waste offences
Courts
Durham County Council took legal action against John Jackson, 65, Karl Armstrong, 37, and Gianni Quinn, 29, at Peterlee Magistrates Court
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BT to hold North East events to help customers with digital phonelines switch - full list
Science and Technology
The company will visit more than 30 locations in the region to demonstrate how its new home phone service will work and what steps customers need to take
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'Handyman' fined after waste from property he was working on was fly tipped in back lane
Darlington
Gary Marsh was found guilty at Peterlee Magistrates' Court of failing, without reasonable excuse, to provide information relevant to an investigation into fly tipping
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Peterlee firefighters honoured after saving brothers from burning home
County Durham
Peterlee White Watch were called out to a bin fire last year where they rescued Cameron and Blaine Beattie
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Peterlee shoplifter captured knocking two elderly women to ground before assaulting female officers
County Durham
Stephen Jack Thomas Wray has been jailed for three years and eight months
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County Durham mum's whooping cough warning after daughter's 'terrifying' ordeal
County Durham
Alana Yeates, from Peterlee, says her 14-year-old daughter Ellie had whooping cough and 'her lips were going blue'
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Courtney Hadwin picked to star alongside music icons in New York as County Durham teen opens show
County Durham
County Durham teenager Courtney Hadwin was chosen by famous music producer Clive Davis to perform at the New York concert
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Skydiving firm to close for week after death of 'close friend and colleague' in parachute incident at Shotton
County Durham
SkyHigh Skydiving in Peterlee has paid tribute to a colleague who died in a parachute incident this weekend.
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British Skydiving Board to investigate after man dies in parachute incident near Peterlee
Durham Constabulary
Police are appealing for witnesses after the man, aged in his 40s, died in a parachute incident in Shotton
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'Hostile' yob punched man outside Newcastle city centre bar after being refused a cigarette
Crime
Daniel Cairns, 36, approached a man outside of Revolución de Cuba in the Cloth Market before punching him in the face
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County Durham town centres with the most empty shops - where up to one in three stores are vacant
North East News
A survey carried out by Durham County Council shows the average vacancy rate for retail units across all town centres is 16 per cent, worse than the national average of 13.9 per cent
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County Durham builder fined after dumping asbestos near cemetery
County Durham
Asbestos cement was found in building waste dumped near Metal Bridge Cemetery in October 2023
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County Durham fly-tippers land themselves in court after waste, sofa and mattresses dumped
County Durham
William Townsley, of East Howle, Ferryhill, and Chloe Morrison, of Galloway Road, Peterlee, were each prosecuted at court
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County Durham boy, 10, rescued from burning home meets firefighters who saved his life
Peterlee
Blaine Beattie suffered 40% burns during a fire in a first-floor flat in Peterlee on December 14 last year
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County Durham domestic abuser attacked partner after three day crack-cocaine and booze binge
Crime
Jordan Haswell, 28, was jailed for 18 months for assault and criminal damage
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