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The S&DR200 festival will launch with All Change, a spectacular open-air event in Bishop Auckland combining dazzling projections, drones and up to 100 live performers bringing history to life, on Saturday 29 March 2025

Guidance has been provided for candidates looking to stand in this year's County Durham elections.

A new play attraction standing almost 15 metres tall is to be installed in a County Durham park.

Schoolchildren in County Durham have shown off their new £40m state-of-the-art learning environment to our leaders.

A Sunday Brunch host, social media baker, and a MasterChef champion are among the celebrity chefs who will appear at this year's Bishop Auckland Food Festival.

Leaders at the region's largest council will be asked to agree final budget proposals for next year and the following three years ahead of them being considered by full council.

A County Durham primary school has been recognised for its work to bring the world into the classroom.

Councillors will be updated on a charity's ambition to create a new community athletics track in County Durham next week.

A Durham City shop that sold vapes to children on multiple occasions, including a 15-year-old, has been ordered to close for three months.

Dates have been announced for Lumiere Durham 2025, the UK's light art biennial.

A shopkeeper whose premises housed illegal vapes stashed in boxes of wine and cleaning product packaging has been left more than £2,600 worse off.

County Durham residents and housing representatives are being invited to have their say on the way in which social housing is allocated.

It's now even easier for County Durham residents to be actively involved in decision making affecting their communities.

Virtual parking permits are now available for residents in Durham City who live within the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ).

A new roundabout designed to reduce congestion at the busy Seaton Lane junction is now open.

A new hub has opened to offer support to care leavers across County Durham.

A popular competition which aims to inspire enterprise amongst County Durham school children is back for its 20th year.

Preparations for winter are well underway across County Durham.

Fascinating untold stories of children from County Durham's past will be the focus of a new exhibition curated by young people.