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A brilliant and bonkers day out: how art and spectacle transformed a former Durham mining town

Bishop Auckland is abuzz with culture and family fun, thanks to the vision of Auckland Palace’s owners – and the new Kynren show featuring birds of prey, Viking raids and mythical beasts, which opens next week

The Guardian - UK

Baby skeleton wrapped in 1910 newspaper may have lived more than century earlier, inquest hears

Mystery deepens over ‘Baby Auckland’ whose remains were found under floor of Bishop Auckland house in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Underachievement of working class boys needs urgent strategy – MP

‘Too often working class boys start behind and stay behind,’ Sam Rushworth, MP for Bishop Auckland said.

Evening Standard

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Man admits making threats to kill his MP for a second time

Benjamin Clarke was on bail when he committed the second offence against Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, Sam Rushworth

Evening Standard

A blind date to brighten your day

Brief letters: Magic moments | Gone bananas | Cassandra Monbiot | The best of Bishop Auckland

The Guardian - UK

Skeleton of baby under floor in County Durham was there for years, police say

Forensic analysts examined skeleton of baby found under floorboards of house being renovated in Bishop Auckland

The Guardian - UK

Guernica-style battle of Orgreave painting stars in miners’ strikes exhibition

Bob Olley’s unsettling vision of clash between miners and police is part of 40th anniversary show in Bishop Auckland

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Britain's first Faith Museum is the ideal place to set aside your preconceptions about religion

Britain’s first Faith Museum, which has recently opened in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, faces three problems. First, “religion” is an explosively controversial subject on which it’s almost impossible not to stir up anger. Yet it’s also a subject that a great many modern British people find baffling and laughably irrelevant…

The Conversation

Levelling up ‘must be led by England’s left behind neighbourhoods’

Report by all-party parliamentary group says policies must be guided by local needs, not a ‘national template’

The Guardian - UK

Outgoing MP Dehenna Davison says migraine condition is ‘debilitating’

The soon-to-be former MP for Bishop Auckland called for change for chronic migraine treatments, shortly after her resignation due to the condition.

The Independent UK

New museum explores 6,000 years of faith in Britain

Exhibits in Bishop Auckland range from immersive work featuring burning iris, to Binchester ring and Bodleian bowl

The Guardian - UK

Levelling up minister Dehenna Davison quits due to chronic health condition

The MP for Bishop Auckland said the condition means she is no longer able to carry out her ministerial role

The Independent UK

Dad banned from entering Turkey for holiday due to having same name as terrorism suspect

Daniel Burke, from Bishop Auckland, was forced to fly back to the UK after Turkish authorities stamped 'cancel' on his passport

Chronicle Live

Appeal to find missing teenage girl, 13, last seen in County Durham

The teenager has links to Bishop Auckland and Durham and police say she may be travelling by bus

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Former Whitehouse advisor and Russian expert from County Durham made new Durham University chancellor

Dr Fiona Hill, who grew up in Bishop Auckland, hopes to inspire young people from all walks of life to reach their potential

Chronicle Live

County Durham car cleaning firm fined thousands of pounds for putting workers at risk of electrocution

UK Express Valeting Limited in Bishop Auckland was found to be putting workers' safety at risk following a healthy and safety inspection

Chronicle Live

Kynren - dates, ticket prices and what to expect as it makes summer return to County Durham

Kynren - An Epic Tale of England will be back in Bishop Auckland between July 29 and September 9

Chronicle Live

First look at Stack in Bishop Auckland reveals stylish two-floor restaurant and bar space with roof terrace

Developers reveal how signature Stack set-up will fit into the town centre ahead of the start of demolition work on former WH Smith and Mothercare site

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Chronicle Live

County Durham regeneration charity launches visitor pass for range of heritage attractions

The Auckland Project's annual pass will provide unlimited entry over 12 months to a range of attractions in Bishop Auckland

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Bishop Auckland Stack set to open next spring after plans given go-ahead

Work is expected to start on the site at Newgate Street immediately and will be a permanent building rather than shipping container structure

The Guardian - UK

An arty weekend in … Bishop Auckland, County Durham

The former mining town is home to Velázquez, Murillo and El Greco, the art of pitmen, and its own artist-designed tweed

Wales Online

Woman, 42, told she would not live past childhood surpassed prognosis by decades

Katie Eliot said she has experienced ‘amazing things’ in her life, despite bleak medical predictions in her youth

Chronicle Live

Ambulance workers strike across the North East as NHS pay dispute continues

Workers were at picket lines at ambulance stations from Gateshead and Hebburn to North Shields and Bishop Auckland

The Guardian - UK

Insert coin: the virtual reality arcades regenerating northern high streets

Amid boarded up shops in Wearside, The Gaming Hideaway is thriving – and shows how tired retail districts can be reimagined

Chronicle Live

'Landmark moment' as further stretch of Weardale Railway set to reopen this spring

The first trains between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope are expected to run on the weekend of the Bishop Auckland Food Festival

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