Caitlin James

Durham is getting a new 850-bed student accommodation to combat the housing crisis

The council approved the development plans despite opposition from angry locals

Durham University in £5 million deal with Mitie, the UK’s largest provider of migrant prisons

Over a thousand Durham students have signed a letter urging the university not to re-sign the contract with Mitie

There were 464 burglaries in DH1 during Michaelmas term

And this is how you can protect your house

Eight things in my £9k Hatfield room that would put my non-Durham friends in a coma

Nothing can prepare you for finding a cockroach in your cereal bowl

This is what the Durham lecturers who are striking want students to know

If an agreement isn’t reached with the university, staff say there will be a marking boycott

Eight ways to save the environment and your money this ball season

It’s a very pressing first-world problem, but the environment and your wallet is begging for this

Uni says ‘Durham is a very safe city’, despite 43 per cent of students not always feeling safe out walking

Durham University hasn’t said they’ll do anything about it in light of this research

10 holiday destinations that are cheaper to get to than a train ticket from Durham to London

£100 just to get home? I’d rather pay less and go on holiday thanks