Palatinate brings you the latest News in Brief, from updates on a controversial development project to a Durham councillor who resigned to allow his wife to enter a flower show!

Reform took control of the council in May, with 65 seats, but have since lost a seat to the Liberal Democrats in early July, following the resignation of one of their councillors just nine days into ...

Durham University staff will receive a 1.4% pay rise from August 2025, following the conclusion of national pay negotiations between university employers and trade unions.

Only 61.6% of students admitted in 2020/21 were from state schools and colleges, the lowest proportion of any UK university in 2020/21.

The list of past Editors-in-Chief is being updated as we go through past copies. Do get in touch if you would like to suggest additions by emailing ...

Christian Bland takes a look age-old view of Durham as a second-choice university and how such a stereotype should be considered.

Sam Hartley unpacks the factors that make 'Andor' a resoundingly successful new addition to the 'Star Wars' franchise.

‘Oxbridge reject’ is one of Durham’s most recurrent stereotypes. Due to Durham’s relatively high rankings in the UK university league tables, coupled with its college system and traditional quirks ...

"Women are drastically under-represented in both film production and performance": Film & TV Editor Eve Mustin looks at the role of women in front of and behind the camera.

Palatinate has used Freedom of Information requests to put together a handy table below, where you can find the modules of 2022, 2020, 2019 and 2018 with the highest levels of Firsts and 2:1s, as well ...

Documents seen by Palatinate show £43,200 spent on an architect, £16,572 on an interior designer and £3,792 on a bat survey at Hollingside House.

Durham University has made the Durham Grant Scheme (DGS), which provides students from households with lower household income, more generous by widening the eligibility criteria. This means that ...