Consett is about to become the stage for a right old dust-up over some houses. And not just any houses, mind you, but 71 of the buggers on what used to be a steelworks. Because nothing says “prime ...

A Persimmon development of 170 homes in Consett has been approved by Durham County Council. Members of the council's planning committee accepted the application from the housebuilder for new homes ...

Persimmon’s proposal for a significant 170-home residential development in Templetown, Consett, situated on 29 acres east of Knitsley Lane and Fern Dene, is to be considered by Durham County Council ...

Look inside former County Durham village pub set to go under hammer for £35,000 ...

came just a few years into commercial air travel becoming a thing. It won Best Picture at the Oscars, but it isn’t one of those exhausting Best Picture winners that takes itself too seriously — it’s a ...

The 1950s were known as a golden age in fashion and glamour — and the jewelry was no exception, especially among the elites. From Lena Horne’s understated pearl strands to Audrey Hepburn’s ...

Plans for 170 homes in Consett have been approved despite concerns over traffic issues and a refusal to create a new bus route. Housing developer Persimmon Homes applied to build the large ...

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Welcome to the 1950s, a decade of prosperity and Pontiacs, drive-ins and tail fins, bobby socks and poodle skirts. The decade saw a big swing from big bands to rock’n’roll, from highways to ...

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Project Genesis applied for permission to build 71 homes in Consett, County Durham, but faced objections from hundreds of residents. The proposal was turned down by Durham County Council's ...

Exercise and diet are not the only things to radically change over the last half-century. In the 1950s, a new home cost £2,000 but an office worker's average wage was just £ 14 a week.