The 18 platforms along the River Wear at Chester-le-Street and Durham were only installed in 2011, but suffered extensive damage last year and became overgrown and inaccessible. The Wear River ...

Chester-le-Street has ... but the flood history of the town dates right back as far as the great flood of 1771. Ms Caygill is building on previous work by Durham County Council’s Civil ...

Durham County Council has proposed that stallholders remain within Chester-le-Street Market Place when a flood prevention scheme is installed. The local authority outlined plans to relocate more ...