Ghost Town High Street Near UK's Best Fish and Chips
Newton Aycliffe's Beveridge Way has 23 empty shops out of 45, four times the national average, while just six miles away sits the 2025 UK's best fish and chip takeaway.
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Billionaire-Owned High Street Decline Fuels Reform UK Surge
Newton Aycliffe's Beveridge Way, once a postwar utopia, now has 23 empty shops. Owned by billionaire Benzion Freshwater, its decay symbolises wider high street crisis driving voters to Reform UK in Labour heartlands.
Council's safety rules threaten Christmas sleigh tradition
Newton Aycliffe's beloved Santa sleigh parade dating back to 1960s faces cancellation due to new council safety rules. Residents protest changes that would end 65-year tradition.
Woman pays council tax on petrol-bombed Durham home
Ellie Haigh's home was firebombed while she slept, leaving it uninhabitable. Yet, Durham Council demands full council tax. Read her shocking story and the bureaucratic battle she now faces.
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