Durham restaurant Faru receives Michelin recognition
Faru, a fine dining restaurant located on Durham’s Silver Street, has been named a Michelin favourite after only eight months of business.
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City of Durham MP raises concerns over disrupted education of students at “RAAC-infested” school
Mary Kelly Foy, MP for the City of Durham, has presented the financial and practical problems faced by staff and students at St Leonard’s Catholic School to the Minister for Schools, Damian Hinds, following the discovery of RAAC in several of their buildings earlier this year.
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Durham University Solar Car team finish 11th place in Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
After participating in the gruelling 3000km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, Durham University Solar Car team has finished 11th place.
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Durham Lumiere chose to exhibit Ai Weiwei’s ‘Illuminated Bottle Rack’ despite Israel-Palestine comment controversy
Despite several galleries cancelling Ai Weiwei’s exhibitions following his comments referring to the Israel-Palestine conflict, Lumiere 2023 chose to continue to display his ‘Illuminated Bottle Rack’ (2018) over the four nights of the festival.
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County Durham MP resigns from Labour frontbench after voting for ceasefire
Mary Foy, MP from County Durham, resigned after voting in favour of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War.
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BrewDog CEO claims delays to Durham retail development costing “hundreds of jobs”
Will Dixon reports on the blame game surrounding delays to the opening of the Milburngate development in Durham.
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‘I have even considered elocution lessons’: Durham students describe pressure to modify regional accents
One student from the North-East told Palatinate: “I tend not to speak in lectures and have only recently begun to speak in seminars with a conscious effort to adapt my accent. I have even considered elocution lessons to fit in.”
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Palatinate’s 2023 Christmas Survey: the results
Palatinate reveal how Durham students spend their Christmas, from their favourite Christmas songs and movies, to their memories of the holiday season.
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Home Bargains open biggest store in the North East in Gilesgate
Home Bargains, one of the biggest discount retailers in the UK, have opened a new store in Gilesgate featuring an in-store bakery, garden centre, and cafe.
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Lumiere 2023: Durham’s “open-air art gallery”
Lumiere, the outdoor light biennial, returned to Durham for 2023.
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