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The Latest Breaking News from Durham

Beergate: Keir Starmer says police have not contacted him and insists team were ‘getting on with work’

Labour insists ‘world of difference’ between takeaway for work event and Partygate

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer slams Tory smear campaign over lockdown event as he confirms no police contact

Last month Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the Prime Minister's wife Carrie Johnson were all fined for attending a party in Downing Street in June 2020 during lockdown.

Daily Record

Business Life: charity initiatives and award wins in the North East

The Centre for Life, Business Beats Cancer Newcastle and East Durham Community Initiatives feature in this week's round-up

Birmingham Post

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Hair replacement specialist reveals clients' emotional reaction to transformation

Novo Cabelo means 'new hair' in Portuguese and the Durham-based firm's results have been viewed millions of times on social media

Wales Online

Convicted killer's brutal razor blade attack caused fellow HMP Durham inmate to lose an eye

Murderer Derek Pallas has been jailed a further 11 years for a gruesome attack which blinded a prisoner in one eye

Chronicle Live

Keir Starmer accuses Tories of ‘mud-slinging’ over lockdown beer photo

Labour leader says Durham police ‘came to a clear conclusion’ that no rules were broken

The Guardian - UK

Labour confirms Durham Police have not contacted Keir Starmer again over lockdown beer

Keir Starmer accused Conservative MPs of 'chucking mud' with local elections on the horizon as he insisted 'no rules were broken'.

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Minister piles more pressure on police to investigate Keir Starmer ‘beergate’

A cabinet minister has piled further pressure on Durham police to open an investigation allegations Sir Keir Starmer broke Covid rules when he was caught on camera sipping a beer with colleagues.

Evening Standard

Proper investigation of Cummings ‘might have prevented’ Partygate

Former prosecutor for north-west England, Nazir Afzal, critical of police handling of alleged Covid rule breaches

The Guardian - UK

The Staircase: Lawyers in murder case argue 'aggressive owl' killed wife, not husband

Kathleen Peterson was a businesswoman and philanthropist who lived with her writer husband Michael in Durham, North Carolina, and died in mysterious circumstances in 2001. Her death is being charted on Sky Atlantic

Edinburgh Live

The food hygiene ratings for every McDonald’s in the North East

There are 44 McDonald’s branches listed on the Food Standards Agency website across Tyne and Wear, County Durham and Northumberland. Here are the food hygiene ratings for all of them

Chronicle Live

North West Durham MP Richard Holden accused of wasting police time over Keir Starmer lockdown breach claim

Houghton and Sunderland South MP and Labour frontbencher Bridget Phillipson says Richard Holden was wrong to ask Durham Police to re-examine "this nonsense"

Chronicle Live

Jon Scheyer lands Kentucky assistant for his first Duke staff

DURHAM, N.C. — Jon Scheyer ventured outside the Duke family, but still found someone with Durham roots, to round out his first Blue Devils coaching staff.

Tribune News Service

Four North East Finalists in VisitEngland Excellence 2022 Awards

Hotel Indigo Durham, Seaham Hall, Triple A Food Tours and Clive Goodwin of the Ouseburn Trust are all up for the Gold award at a ceremony in Birmingham in June.

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The Independent UK

Labour MP apologises to Tory neighbour after Commons bar spat over Starmer drinks

Durham MP Mary Foy ‘berated’ Richard Holden over attempt to spark police inquiry into event in her office

Chronicle Live

From the States to Shields: Ex-US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to speak at 2022 South Shields Lecture

The wife of former President Bill Clinton has notable ties to the North East, with her great grandfather residing in County Durham.

Chronicle Live

Burglar made off with till and safe after smashing into County Durham Tesco and Subway

Jason Kennedy was part of a group who broke into the two premises on December 23, last year

Chronicle Live

Head of North East organised crime group jailed for 21 years for drugs plot

John Allcock, of Country Durham, preyed on people's addictions to line his and his gang's pockets

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Daily Mirror

Angela Rayner was with Keir Starmer on night of lockdown beer photo, Labour say

Labour sources admitted a 'genuine mistake' after an official initially denied she was there. But Labour denied Tory claims they broke the law and hit back: "They want people to think it’s all the same, so no scandal matters"

Chronicle Live

County Durham MPs clash in House of Commons bar row

The clash happened at Westminster's Stranger's bar as the row over Partygate intensified

Chronicle Live

Durham Police insists it is not investigating Keir Starmer over lockdown breach claims

The Labour leader was filmed drinking a beer on a visit to Durham a year ago and he insisted he had done nothing wrong

Chronicle Live

Dire warning over falling life expectancy rates in County Durham

The county council's health boss rejected claims public health funding would be cut

Daily Mirror

Tory MP who wants police to probe Keir Starmer's work pizza had work curry in same week

Richard Holden has urged Durham Police to reopen a probe into the Labourleader’s conduct during lockdown last year - but boasted on Facebook about having a work-related curry

The Independent UK

Police insist no investigation of Sir Keir Starmer over lockdown breach claims

He was videoed drinking a beer during a visit to Durham almost exactly a year ago.

Daily Mirror

Durham chief tips 'inspirational' Ben Stokes to shine as England Test captain

Ben Stokes is expected to be named England Test captain and Durham's director of cricket Marcus North believes the all-rounder will be a success, insisting he will "have the whole dressing room behind him"

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