The Latest Breaking News from Durham

Christina Robinson, 30, admitted beating boy with a cane but denied causing fatal brain injury

VP Kamala Harris allocates M to minority and women-led VC firms in Durham, NC to support underserved small businesses.

Donald Trump sparks a political blitz, swing through New Hampshire and other early nominating states. He's confident of a Republican comeback in 2024.

Durham University offers international students varied UG and master's progs. 32% of students come from 120 countries outside U.K., incl. India. Colleges provide catered and non-catered accom. and students can take up leadership roles in various societies. U. also helps students find jobs and build entrepreneurial skills. Cost of education…

Plus: the U.S. Justice Department says zoning restrictions on a church's soup kitchen are likely illegal, more cities pass middle housing reforms, and California gears up for another rent control fight.

Covid inquiry sees message from Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser shortly before his much-criticised trip to County Durham

Also, feminist block-printers in Massachusetts and the war’s toll on Gaza’s artists – all in your weekly dispatch

Four-day event presents works by artists including Javier Riera and Ai Weiwei at the cathedral, bridges and other spaces

Award for mould-breaking fiction goes to multi-genre work – ‘part poetry, part electricity’ – retelling the story of Durham Cathedral