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.

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.

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.