Lumiere, Durham’s biennial light festival, has announced the first five attractions for 2025. These include works contributed by a retired council officer and a former carer, who are local to Durham.

Durham Cathedral has unveiled a new exhibition featuring three versions of Magna Carta, the historical charter that first established the Rule of Law.

More than 250 staff across key academic and Professional Services departments have left Durham University as a result of the voluntary severance scheme, new information obtained by Palatinate reveals.

Following a heated debate, Durham County Council have scrapped their declaration of a climate emergency replacing it with a newly-declared care emergency.

The Miners' Gala - one of the world's biggest shows of union solidarity - returned to Durham earlier this month.