Thanks to residents for all the positive comments about our 39 new salt bins. Everyone agrees that they look a lot better than the old battered grey ones and the garish yellow ones. Your councillors have asked the county council to fill them up ready for winter.

This is rubble and debris left behind after the demolition of the former Whinney Hill school. It is at the boundary between the site and woods, very much out of the way. Behind it you can see the very nice new housing development being built on the site. Cllr David Freeman, who went to the […]

For any one thinking about buying a bike. Even if a stolen bike is recovered by police, there’s no guarantee it will be reunited with its owner as relatively few bicycles are registered to the national cycling database, which is accessible to police. For £12-30, BikeRegister will either give you a serial number on a […]

Labour councillors have approved the unacceptable extension of working hours at Framwellgate Waterside. A planning application had been submitted to extend the working hours to 7am – 8pm Monday to Friday and 8am – 6pm on a Saturday. For a site which has already generated a huge number of complaints about noise, dirt and inconvenience, […]

Liberal Democrats in Durham City are calling for controls on buskers in the city centre. Councillor Richard Ormerod has submitted a motion to the City of Durham Parish Council calling on the County Council to develop a policy. At present there are no controls on street performers in the city centre. Visitors have complained about […]

Durham County Council’s household waste recycling centres move to winter opening hours from today. For the majority of sites (including Pity Me) this means opening between 9am and 3.30pm.In a change from previous years Coxhoe will now close on a Monday instead of a Friday. While the sites have returned to a more ‘normal’ appearance, […]

Along with local residents we wish to see a 20mph limit for traffic on Crossgate. We do not believe that it is safe for motorists to travel at 30mph on a residential street on which parked cars have to reverse out across the full carriageway when pulling out of parking spaces. We are happy to […]

We are very pleased to announce that the planning application for the new bus station will be approved later this month. The planning officer’s report is recommending approval and both of your Lib Dem councillors David Freeman and Richard Ormerod are (unsurprisingly) backing the recommendations of the report to approve the planning application.  The decision […]

We are pleased to confirm that the playground at Wharton Park is open. But: Please do not go there if you or anyone in your household has Covid-19 symptoms. Please wash your hands before and after you visit the playgrounds. Please observe the two-metre distancing guidance. Please do not bring food, drink or your own […]

Lib Dem Councillors led a successful campaign to have plans to extend an opencast coalmine rejected. Durham County Council’s Planning Committee this morning voted to reject Banks Group’s application to develop the existing site between Dipton and Leadgate. If approved the firm would have been able to remove a further 90,000 tonnes of coal. The […]