Developers want to plant 600,000 trees near Lanchester as part of a timber forest and holiday park.
Top tips and PE kits greet the latest soaring temperatures across north-east England and Cumbria.
Councillors defer a decision about the development of lodges at the Greencroft Estate in Lanchester.
Ahead of a decision, Durham County Council's planners say the project would "harm" the landscape.
Residents of the Durham village bemoan a Planning Inspectorate decision to allow a huge solar farm.
The Planning Inspectorate has reversed a council decision refusing a large solar farm in Burnhope.
An inspection by the CQC exposed "failings" and a "toxic culture" at the Lanchester Medical Centre.
A local company says the Greencroft Forest project in County Durham was not assessed correctly.
The local MP says patients in Lanchester have been "badly let down".
