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A BUILDING which has dominated North Roads skyline for decades has finally been reduced to rubble.

The Labour Party’s dismal showing in this week’s local elections went from bad to worse as it lost control of Durham County Council for the first time since the Council’s creation in 1919. Having gone into the elections with 68 councillors, results announced tonight saw the party lose 21 seats and, with it, their majority. While Labour remain the largest single party on the Council, the historic results saw the Conservative Party increase their seats to 24, up from 10. In Durham City, the...

Arriva buses parked North Road in Durham City Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT THIS is what Durham City looked like on the first day of the bus station closure as the current building is set for demolition within weeks. For the next year and a half, Go North East, Arriva North East and Scarlett Band buses will all drop-off and pick-up passengers from stands in the city centre. It is part of the Durham Bus Station Project which is seeing a brand new transport hub constructed on the existing site ...

Pictures of Durham Bus Station through the years as it prepares for demolition Pictures: NORTHERN ECHO ARCHIVES IT’s a place where the vast majority of us will have been at least once in our lives and an even more iconic part of Durham City. Whether you like it or loathe it, Durham Bus Station has been welcoming people from far and wide for more than 100 years. The site on North Road has been serving thousands each week as buses pull in from Teesside, Darlington, Tyne & Wear and the res...