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• Bereaved mum runs Junior Great North Run with daughter in memory of son Alexander

  Bereaved mum, Emma, whose son Alexander died from a life-limiting neurological disorder caused by an extremely rare mutation of the WWOX gene last November is calling on people to support #TeamAlexander in the AJ Bell Great North Run Sunday 7 September to raise funds for Rainbow Trust Children’s Charity.

• Derren Brown comes to Stockton Globe with new show 'Only Human'

  New dates have been added to the nationwide tour of Derren Brown’s brand-new stage show, Only Human, including a 5-day run at Stockton Globe. The hugely successful tour, which opened in April 2025 has been extended to take the live experience to a further 20 cities and towns in the UK and Ireland in 2026

• Urgent Appeal: Missing Teenager Miles Last Seen in Spennymoor

  Durham Police are seeking public assistance in locating a 17-year-old boy named Miles, who vanished on Sunday, July 6. Authorities have not released his full name.

• Get Ready for Blast Off at the Durham Miners’ Gala

  Space and mining both have deep connections with County Durham, and to mark this Into the Light, County Durham’s creative place partnership programme is bringing a newly commissioned interactive sculpture called EarthShip to the Miners’ Gala on Saturday 12th July 2025.

• The Milky Way could be teeming with more satellite galaxies than previously thought

  The Milky Way could have many more satellite galaxies than scientists have previously been able to predict or observe, according to new research. Cosmologists at Durham University, UK, used a new technique combining the highest-resolution supercomputer simulations that exist, alongside novel mathematical modelling, predicting the existence of missing “orphan” galaxies.