Members of a top marching jazz band returned from a national competition in Wales with an extra spring in their step after winning no fewer than a dozen first prizes and five runners-up spots.
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A ceremonial event to mark the start of King Charles III’s reign, took place in Durham Market Place on Sunday (11 September 2022) at 1pm. The High Sheriff of County Durham Mrs Shona Harper-Wilkes, read the Ascension Proclamation at 1pm on the balcony of Durham Town Hall, where hundreds of people gathered to witness this historic event.
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Apprentices working for Durham University’s estates directorate have been handed the “key” to new computer and software equipment to support their training – thanks to the city’s freemen.
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A community group is literally rolling out the carpet as it puts the finishing touches to the refurbishment of a special adult teaching unit.
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A specialist centre providing temporary 24-hour respite care to people with learning difficulties is benefiting a second time from the latest round of charitable awards from Durham City’s freemen
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A plea for help from a storm-hit charity supporting local people with learning difficulties or recovering from mental health problems, has been answered by Durham City’s Freemen.
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Durham's’ freemen saluted an historical new milestone in their long and colourful past with a day of special public celebration in the city’s centre on the weekend of Saturday, May 14
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Two men, whose family’s north east roots straddle at least four centuries, have been sworn in together as Durham City Freemen at the May Guild Day in the town hall.
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A charity’s move to offer direct help to vulnerable homeless women, struggling with “complex and multiple needs,” has been underwritten by a gift from Durham’s freemen.
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A civil engineer, who played a key role in the re-building, re-shaping and repairing the fabric of Durham during the latter part of the 20th century, has been sworn in as a freeman of the city.
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