Bas Relief of Queen Victoria on Jubilee Cottage, 1a May Street.

Capt Isidore Newman, MBE Jewish secret agent of WW2. He was betrayed in France and murdered in Mauthausen concentration camp in 1944

Sam Green, Durham City Councillor 1972-79. Lived at 40 The Avenue. A true trailblazer, Sam was the first openly gay councillor elected in Britain. Sam actively represented Crossgate Ward alongside championing diversity in public life

Trustees were sorry to learn of the death on December 19 at the age of 80 of a former Trustee and Honorary Secretary, Roger Norris. His funeral took place on 11 January in Durham Cathedral, with many friends and colleagues in attendance. Roger was born in Hayes, Middlesex, studied ancient…

Dismay at Bent House Lane development not meeting County Plan policies

Durham County Council has approved its own planning application for the Aykley Heads Business Park, for a design that ignores the energy standards in its recently-approved County Durham Plan.