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Local features, events, what's on and local stories! This is the latest from Durham OnAir.


Jul 1, 2024
NECA reconsiders decision to defund WEA courses
Following learner protests across the new North East Combined Authority, we are delighted to announce that NECA, under the leadership of...


Jun 25, 2024
Banks Group Takes a Seat in Beamish Museum’s 1950s Cinema
Property development and energy company the Banks Group has become the first business to sponsor a seat in the 1950s cinema being...


Jun 25, 2024
Northern staff praised for saving woman in distress at station in County Durham
Three members of Northern’s train presentation team have been praised after they saved a woman who climbed onto the tracks. Connor...


Jun 25, 2024
Epic drone light show comes to Durham
Evolution, an epic drone light show which promises to take audiences on a mesmerising journey through time and space, comes to the North...


Jun 21, 2024
County Durham author wins Indie Book Award for inclusive children’s book
A children’s author, born and raised in County Durham, has won the Indie Bookshop Award for his joyous tale of boy meets dress, The Dress...


Jun 21, 2024
Durham University volunteers recognised at special awards ceremony
Hundreds of volunteers have been recognised at the Durham University Volunteering and Outreach Awards 2024. An awards ceremony was held...


Jun 21, 2024
CDDFRS: Fire Dog Woodie Predicts England Euros Result
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue’s (CDDFRS) fire dog has been putting his sensational sniffing skills to the test…as he...


Jun 18, 2024
Durham Cathedral to host General Elections Hustings
Durham Cathedral will host a hustings for the upcoming General Election on Wednesday 26 June at 7.30pm. All parties and independent...


Jun 17, 2024
That’s Magic! Magician brings a taste of festival magic to local Hospice
St Cuthbert’s Hospice chosen as Charity Partner of the 2024 Durham Fringe Festival.Magician Tom Bolton visited St Cuthbert’s Hospice to...


Jun 13, 2024
Durham Cathedral announces Peace Doves events programme
A new programme of events and services have just been announced to accompany Peace Doves at Durham Cathedral making it an even more...


Jun 12, 2024
Only Fools & Horses Casting Announced for Sunderland!
Casting has been announced for the 2024/25 UK & Dublin tour of the smash hit show Only Fools and Horses The Musical. Starring Sam Lupton...


Jun 12, 2024
Big Bang Event on Saturday 29th June
No More Nowt is excited to announce ‘Big Bang’ a free, fun, family summer fair – all about space! This first-time event will take place...

Jun 12, 2024
Theatre of the Absurd presents: Madness – C’Est La Vie
Read the headlines and it’s hard not to conclude that the world has gone mad. Mad enough, in fact, to give North London’s finest...


Jun 11, 2024
7 Ultra Marathons in 7 Days
Stephen Ions and Ben Robertson from Newburn Running Club are stepping things up this week as they embark on an emotional endurance...


May 31, 2024
Calamity Jane's Coming to Sunderland with star casting!
Jamie Wilson Productions is delighted to announce the revival of The Watermill Theatre’s whip-crackin’ production of the Broadway and...

May 24, 2024
Underground explosion in Durham City
At around 12:30pm this afternoon police were called to the North Road area of Durham City after reports of what seems to be an...

May 23, 2024
New exhibitions to open at three Durham University museums
A series of exhibitions will open to the public across three Durham University museums. The exhibitions, which have been curated by MA...


May 22, 2024
Firefighters who rescued brothers from burning building honoured
Firefighters who rescued two brothers from a burning building in Peterlee have been recognised for their life-saving actions. At around...


May 15, 2024
University Choral group sings to acclaim with the Royal Northern Sinfonia
A university choral society has been making a big impact in recent months in the North East of England. Earlier this year, Durham...


May 15, 2024
A new exhibition marking the anniversary of the 1924 Everest Expedition opens at the Oriental Museum
A new exhibition opens at the Oriental Museum on 24 May to mark the centenary of the first Western, and ultimately tragic, attempt to...
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