Tuesday 6th February 2024 Durham's new bus station opened for business on Sunday 7th January. At a cost of £10.4 million (£6.8 million from the County Council and £3.6 million from the Government's Transforming Cities Fund approved by the Combined Authority's Joint Transport Committee for the North East), it offers greatly improved facilities for passengers... Continue Reading →
D is for Durham
Saturday 26th February 2022 It's time for my fortnightly visit to a small to mid sized town and for D I selected one of England's most beautiful and iconic cities which I hadn't explored for many months. The city of Durham's population is around 50,000. It's the administrative centre of its namesake Durham County Council... Continue Reading →
Week 6: Darcy.
Saturday 13th February 2021 I was uncertain whether this week’s ‘word of the week’ is ‘Darcy’ or ‘uncertain’. I plumped for the former as there seems to be so much uncertainty about the latter, especially when it comes to whether Cabinet Ministers reckon we should all be booking our summer holidays. Turns out we shouldn't,... Continue Reading →
