1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (337+ words) Durham County Council's cabinet is set to discuss whether to buy back a long-derelict Ferryhill care home, five years after the building was sold off. An option to buy back Feryemount House in Ferryhill is due to be considered by…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (199+ words) Here are the latest planning applications lodged by Cumberland Council, featuring proposals ranging from home extensions and apartment conversions to ATM installations and business changes of use. Below is a summary of the most recent applications submitted to Cumberland Council:…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (753+ words) Iran is intensifying confrontational actions against the United States in the hope of further raising the cost of the conflict for President Donald Trump less than two months ahead of the US midterm elections, analysts say. Over half a year…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (240+ words) New double yellow lines will soon be painted to prevent "dangerous or obstructive" High Street parking. These will be introduced opposite the junction from St Lawrence Close onto High Street, Abbots Langley, as well opposite number 20 by the junction with…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (798+ words) By William Schomberg, Kate Holton and Elizabeth Piper LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Britain's new finance minister John Healey, a former trade unionist who has backed light-touch rules for banks, must soon decide on the right balance for a budget that could…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (732+ words) You would think that a morally bankrupt policy with a record of causing wars might have been abandoned by now. But one of diplomacy's worst ideas never seems to die. This might be called the doctrine of the inconvenient population....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (469+ words) The Chancellor has warned that the Budget in the autumn could be tough, as US President Donald Trump's war in the Middle East affects the British economy. John Healey issued the warning amid the leap in Government borrowing earlier this…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (38+ words) Yahoo News UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch labels Prime Minister Andy Burnham a "spendthrift" who "wants to say yes to everyone but cannot tell us where the money is coming from"....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (315+ words) Drafting the next Scottish budget will be "extremely challenging" amid tight fiscal conditions, the Deputy First Minister has said. Jenny Gilruth said she will not shy away from the challenge of balancing the Scottish Government's books. She will be speaking…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (639+ words) PLANS for a new independent artisan coffee shop and café are among the recent planning applications. The plans are for a building at 16 High Street in Downton and would see part of the existing building converted into a café while…...