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A COUNTY Durham bus lane which has been the source of a deluge of complaints and illegal manoeuvres will see offenders slapped with fines.

A COUNTY Durham bus lane which has been the source of a deluge of complaints and illegal manoeuvres will see offenders slapped with fines.

Gareth William Walton now to be sentenced for assaults, at Durham Crown Court, on Friday August 6 THE sentencing of a man for separate assaults, five weeks apart last year, has been further delayed at court. Gareth William Walton was warned to expect a custodial sentence after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent and assault causing actual bodily harm, at Durham Crown Court, last month. They relate, respectively, to a crow bar assault on a man as he was getting out of a car in Cornforth Lane, Coxhoe, on September 22, 2020. It resulted in the injured party suffering a b...

The new bus lane will be located just off the roundabout near School Avenue Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT THE newest bus lane to come to County Durham will see its cameras switched on today - with fines of £60 for those flouting the rules. A 'bus gate' has been installed on Cornforth Lane in Coxhoe in what Durham County Council has said is needed to alleviate safety concerns in the area. The Northern Echo previously reported that the section of road, located off the roundabout near School Avenue, would become monitored by ANPR cameras. But saying that the new cameras would go live today,...

County counci’s parking and transport infrastructure leader Kieron Moralee at the bus gate NEW measures aimed at improving road safety near a County Durham primary school are being installed later this month. Durham County Council is introducing a short section of road in Coxhoe which only buses can go through, known as a bus gate, following concerns being raised by local residents. A restriction which limits entry to buses only has already been in place at this point on Cornforth Lane for many years. However, the council is replacing this with the bus gate, which is monitored with an...