Public inquiry into controversial plans to de-register common land in Durham set for spring
Durham City Freeman and the City of Durham Parish Council made legal representation to the Planning Inspectorate over plans to de-register the coach park as common land
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Mike Wallbank, Operations Manager at University College, at the Palace Green defibrillator site A DECOMMISSIONED red phone box on Durham’s Palace Green is the site of the city’s latest life-saving defibrillator. Three Durham Rotary Clubs, Durham Bede, Durham and Durham Elvet, secured permission from Durham University to install the equipment in the high-profile location at the centre of the Durham World Heritage Site. Community defibrillators are part of an extended regional project being run by Rotary North East, which stretches from the Scottish borders to the North Yorkshire border. Barbara Broadbelt, Rotary North East district governor, said: “One of the areas of focus for Rotary is disease prevention and treatment and this defibrillator initiative is a commitment to improve the lives of everyone in our local communities.
Durham Christian Partnership runs 27 independently operated foodbanks across county. While grocery parcels offered to the needy are donated through public generosity, the organisation also needs cash for operational continuity. A £250 donation from Durham City Freemen will boost funds covering overheads for the city’s three centres, in Waddington Street and at Elvet Methodist and Sunderland Road Baptist churches. The partnership’s chief executive officer, Peter MacLellan, said: “Four dozen volunteers receive and sort the foodstuffs handed in by the public which are prepared into parcels providing provisions for three days. “The fare we offer is also reinforced by foodstuffs from commercial organisations, including supermarkets.