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This is a profile for the central postcode in Consett which is DH8 8PY. Neighbourhood profiles vary significantly from postcode to postcode.

Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be low income, older people living in smaller semis.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile can be found across the country but main concentrations are in the West Midlands and the North East in towns such as Wolverhampton, Walsall and Dudley, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland.

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Crime

The Durham Constabulary force is responsible for policing the Derwentside Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Durham council is £0.00, compared to an average in England of £1,278.93.
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Local news

Court hears couple's sex sessions

09/11/2009 18:07:44

A court is played a recording of a Wearside couple whose nightly sex sessions are said to have ruined the lives of neighbours.
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NHS boss quits over cash for grit

09/11/2009 16:51:31

An NHS governor quits her role after a primary care trust pledges £1m to help a council pay for extra road gritting.
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Body of missing pensioner found

09/11/2009 14:31:30

The body of a missing 88-year-old man is found - ending one of the largest and longest police searches in County Durham.
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Cyber vandal hits police website

09/11/2009 10:31:34

A computer hacker protesting over terror deaths in Pakistan attacks Durham Police website, forcing it to temporarily close.
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Tribute compost raises hundreds

09/11/2009 09:31:35

Compost made from the thousands of floral tributes to Sir Bobby Robson raise hundreds of pounds for his cancer charity.
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Tell us a story

14/07/2003 08:34:29

Got a story? Get in touch with the BBC News website
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Other local news

19/10/2004 10:50:36

Link to other local news internet sites in Wearside
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In Pictures

08/11/2009 16:33:41

Remembrance at Sunderland's cenotaph
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Railway Stations

Stocksfield (6.72 miles away), Northern Rail

Prudhoe (7.51 miles away), Northern Rail

Riding Mill (7.97 miles away), Northern Rail

Wylam (8.23 miles away), Northern Rail

Blaydon (9.28 miles away), Northern Rail

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