A PROJECT to commemorate the industrial heritage of a north Durham town is underway. Leisureworks, which runs sports and arts venues in the former district of Derwentside, is asking anyone with ...

It was the heart and soul of a County Durham town that kept its economy alive.. But now the former Consett British Steel plant has come under fire as more ex-workers are being asked to join a ...

At its peak in the 1960’s Consett steel works employed 6,000 workers. In 1980 the steelworks closed with the loss of 3,700 jobs. Councillor Neil Foster, ...

The proposed site was part of the former Consett Steel Works, but objectors including Christine Thomas said the town was a "secret gem, ...

Plans to install war memorial artwork on Lombard Drive in Chester-le-Street have been approved by Durham County Council.

"Consett's days of polluting industry are behind us. But the people of Consett remain as tough as steel - as shown by the thousands of people who stood up and backed the campaign against the waste ...

May and June were busy and rewarding months for the Consett Lions, marked by a range of outreach activities and community ...

The Consett Iron Company was established in 1840 and steel dominated Consett visually in terms of its landscape, the town becoming renowned for the pall of red dust that hung over it.

The proposed site was part of the former Consett Steel Works, but objectors including Christine Thomas said the town was a "secret gem, a beautiful place to live" which had put its industrial past ...