The Latest Breaking News from Durham

Patrick Vallance said Cummings’ Durham trip ‘clearly against lockdown rules’

The former chief scientist also said he and Professor Sir Chris Whitty felt ‘strong armed’ into appearing at a press conference, but they ‘got out’.

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2023

Mike Elko Has the Blue Devils Humming—but Can Duke Keep Him in Durham?

Duke’s surprising success—and Jimbo Fisher’s struggles at Texas A&M—has ignited rumors that Elko will be in demand.

Sports Illustrated · Oct 27, 2023

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 · Oct 25, 2023

Segregation’s toxic past re-emerges in North Carolina’s lead-poisoned playgrounds

Lead was found in several parks in Durham, North Carolina, a legacy of industrial waste in the city’s Black neighborhoods – and worsening segregation doesn’t help

The Guardian - US · Oct 10, 2023

County Championship 2023 awards: the last word on the season

From Durham’s take on Bazball to Middlesex’s batting nightmare, a look back on a topsy-turvy county campaign

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2023

Secondary school hit by concrete crisis now ‘one of top on list for rebuild’

Parents at St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham held a demonstration in support of staff as a schools minister visited the site.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Parents at concrete crisis school to urge minister to back rebuild plans

A demonstration will take place outside St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham.

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

School hit by concrete crisis wants lockdown-style GCSE and A-level assessments

St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham has had to ration face-to-face teaching after much of the site was closed off just before term started.

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Parents at school with collapse-risk concrete demand it is rebuilt

Children in most year groups at St Leonard’s Catholic School in Durham have had to be taught online for four days a week since term started.

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2023

ESPN’s College GameDay Heading to ACC Campus for First Time in Week 5

The ACC campus never has previously hosted ESPN’s flagship college football show.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 24, 2023