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LOCAL NEWS
The North East has 3 of the most affordable cities to...
For the second year running, both Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle feature in the ‘Top 10 most affordable cities in the UK to buy a...
CONSETT ENTERTAINMENT
Consett Corona Photo Project – June 2021
The intention is to host an exhibition or series of exhibitions in the area once restrictions are relaxed and it is safe to do...
Circle Of Life – By Lorraine Weightman
After moving back to Consett and especially over the last lockdown year I have taken up walking - very slowly at first - partly...
Why choose brokerage to sell my motorhome or caravan?
by Chris Gage, Motorhome & Caravan Broker
Lots of people sell their leisure vehicles privately to get the best return on their investment, rather than...
Places to Go: Silverdale for Leighton Hall
I wanted a long journey last August to see how the railway was performing outside the north-east, so I went to tiny Silverdale in...
A Greasy Pole?
A few years ago, in Consett, an upstairs nightclub was opened in the main street.
I felt that this was not going to be an...
CONSETT BUSINESS
Residents feel betrayed and dismayed that the organisation who promised to improve the former steelworks site is now planning to build a 50-metre tall waste incinerator on their doorstop.
The Hownsgill Energy Centre will incinerate commercial and industrial waste and residents fear it will bring disastrous impacts on their health,...
Consett deserves good news. The announcement earlier this month of the £4.8 billion “Levelling Up” fund was just that. Aimed specifically at providing funds to invest in towns and villages whose areas haven’t had significant recent investment.
Councils, supported by MPs, will be able to put in bids of up...
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NORTH EAST NEWS
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
CONSETT HISTORY
After moving back to Consett and especially over the last lockdown year I have taken up walking - very slowly at first - partly for health reasons and in an attempt to give my arthritic knees and feet a chance to start working properly again.Ignoring the discomfort I headed...
According to the dictionary, ‘A pilgrimage is a journey that someone makes to a place that is very important to them’
As a child the only place of pilgrimage I was remotely familiar with was Lourdes. At the time, I didn’t know it was a town in south western France...
Each year, new words are added to our dictionaries and this past year has been no exception!
Who would have known the meaning of zoom as a video link to individuals, not a close up in photography! Or, that false news is what we once called lies or a circuit...
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