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A North East council has offered guidance to businesses and residents as lockdown restrictions begin to ease this week.

There's still time for County Durham gardeners to win a £30 National Garden Voucher in our photography competition.

A council grant is funding activities for older people in Trimdon Village and Trimdon Grange, to improve their mental health during the coronavirus pandemic.

Councillors in County Durham are being recommended to approve the consolidation of a school onto a single site in order to offer the best possible learning environment for children.

Bus services in County Durham have been significantly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, but close working between operators and the county council has helped ensure vital services have continued.

A five-year plan to ensure children with special educational needs (SEND) can continue to receive the support they need will be outlined to councillors next week.

Councillors will hear of ways to improve the elective home education system in County Durham next week.

SEND services in County Durham have improved significantly in the last three years, a latest Ofsted and CQC inspection has shown.

A North East council has been asked to help secure the future of a County Durham secondary school as it prepares to join a multi academy trust.

A project to create a history centre for County Durham has been given a £150,000 boost.

A building that has blighted a County Durham community for more than 20 years could soon be demolished - with an overwhelming majority of residents backing the plans.

Durham BRASS will be livening up living rooms across County Durham and beyond when the festival moves online next month.

A new multi-million-pound station in County Durham has opened to passengers.

Councils across the North East have joined forces to write to the region's MPs amid an estimated £272m shortfall in government coronavirus financial support.

A love of art, photography and the desire for a challenge has led two unlikely friends to make creative pieces to combat isolation during lockdown.

A special 'drive-thru' service has enabled the families of more than a hundred babies born in County Durham to register their births.

As Employability Day approaches, a scheme that helps people to learn new skills and breakdown barriers has welcomed two new partners on board.

More than 30 apprenticeship vacancies at a North East local authority will offer new career opportunities for people looking to earn as they learn.

Key community groups across a County Durham town have received funding to help them continue supporting people in their local area during the coronavirus outbreak.

The armed forces will be celebrated by the region's largest local authority this week with its annual flag raising.