The Latest Breaking News from Durham

The inside story behind ‘Bull Durham’: ‘Fights, lies, clashing egos and bloodshed’

DURHAM, N.C. — In his new book “The Church of Baseball,” Ron Shelton recalls “Bull Durham” triumphing over a thousand doubters — how his story of sad-sack minor-leaguers put lollygagging in the national vocabulary, introduced candlesticks as a go-to wedding gift and prevailed as perhaps the world’s greatest sports movie.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Durham restaurant Bill's launches Bottomless Afternoon Tea Pancakes

Stacks of food - city restaurant introduces all-you-can-eat pancake deal from £3.95

Chronicle Live · Jul 21, 2022

Grieving family discover they've spent 17 years visiting dad at the wrong grave

Devastated Tom Bell, from Easington, County Durham, had just lost his mum Hilda when he discovered the heartbreaking news that the grave they thought was his dad's belonged to someone else

Daily Mirror · Jul 21, 2022

South Africa sink England in first ODI to deny Ben Stokes happy ending

South Africa beat England by 62 runs in Durham to deny Ben Stokes victory in his final one-day international match

The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022

Durham motorists worst in UK for avoiding vehicle repairs due to rising costs - survey

Researchers found that half of motorists in Durham who were asked admitted to not carrying out repairs, twice the UK average

Chronicle Live · Jul 19, 2022

Replacing Ben Stokes after final ODI fling is not a one-man job

It has been some time since Ben Stokes was a regular in England’s ODI side, but not because the star, who plays his last game in the format at Durham today, was not worth a place.

Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2022

Durham man takes on five epic charity challenges including an Iron Man and Three Peaks Challenge after losing grandparents to cancer

Stuart Thompson lost two grandparents to cancer within months of one another just before the pandemic hit.

Chronicle Live · Jul 18, 2022

Your rights if you can't travel due to planned rail strikes this month

July 27 and 30 are the dates RMT has announced stoppages across the rail network with Newcastle and Durham likely to be affected

Chronicle Live · Jul 18, 2022

Ben Stokes statement in full as England World Cup hero retires from ODI action

Once he was handed the England Test captaincy, Ben Stokes was always likely to manage his workload by giving up one form of the game - and the 50-over format was a logical choice

Daily Mirror · Jul 18, 2022

Ben Stokes announces shock decision to retire from one-day internationals

The England Test captain will play his final match as his home county Durham this week

Chronicle Live · Jul 18, 2022