From Durham OnAir from Wednesday, August 5th, 2026

The site manager in charge at Bellway’s Hedworths Green at Lambton Park development near Chester-le-Street has been rewarded for his dedication to building quality homes for their customers.

NHS Blood and Transplant is calling on people in the North East & Yorkshire to be ‘One in a Million’ by registering their decision to be an organ donor. The plan announced today (5 August) is to increase the number of people in the UK on the NHS Organ Donor Register - aiming to increase from 29 million to 30 million people to be registered donors by the end of the year. 

A former soldier from Durham who lost £12,000 to a sophisticated phone scam has spoken out about how support from SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, helped him rebuild his life when he felt he had nowhere else to turn.