Performers at the event

Performers on stage at the event

Mary with performers and the DMA

Last night Redhills hosted fantastic musicians from Liverpool to Co Durham celebrating community & working class heritage! Check out music from Paul Nowak, Stephen Smith & The Welfare Collective, they’re brill! Take a peek at the Redhills future events calendar. 👇🏻

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Roger Miket's "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria" is out now. Published by The Gefrin Trust. Online orders coming soon! In the meantime, pick up your copy at Ad Gefrin Museum & Distillery in Wooler, Northumberland. #Archaeology #Northumbria

Brian Hope-Taylor pondering the base of a Bronze Age cinerary urn.
#GefrinTrust #Yeavering #EarlyMedieval #Northumbria #Archaeology

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A great opportunity for groups in Co Durham to support older people by reducing isolation & disadvantage. I’ve attended classes for older residents & they’re a fab way to keep people active while promoting health & well-being.

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The Gefrin Trust is delighted to announce the publication of a landmark volume by Roger Miket entitled "Ad Gefrin: Brian Hope-Taylor and His Quest for the Early Medieval Kingdom of Northumbria." Get your copy at the Ad Gefrin Shop in Wooler! #Yeavering

Our Trustees met on site this morning for a tour led by Trustee Sarah Semple, a wander around Maelmin with Trustee Roger Miket, and—in the afternoon—sat down for a proper meeting. The future of #Yeavering is in good hands! Stay tuned for exciting news out of Yeavering in the months to come.

The TillVAS Archaeology group came and visited our site today. Thanks for the visit! We’re in the last days of the 2025 #Yeavering dig and are readying for tomorrow’s Trustees meeting.

We’re reaching the excavation’s final days. Though it’s damp on site, nothing dampens our spirits! Here’s Annabelle, an @arcdurham student, who faithfully helps lead👟 tours of site ☔️ rain or ☀️ shine. She—and all at #Yeavering right now—make our site & its stories come to life. Thanks, Annabelle! 👏😊

I am writing to express my utmost concern over widespread circulation of a graphic video depicting the murder of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley Uni. This disturbing footage, showing explicit violence, has proliferated across social media & video platforms, such as X, YouTube, TikTok & Instagram, and is undoubtedly being watched by a significant number of people in the UK. Alarmingly, this incident follows closely behind another horrific case: the circulation of the surveillance footage showing the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a North Carolina train. Several constituents have contacted me regarding this video that they or their children have encountered, either directly or unintentionally. My main concerns lie with the psychological impact watching this may have on young people, and the apparent failure of online platforms to prevent the spread of such harmful content, as mandated by the Online Safety Act 2023. The Act imposes clear duties on service providers to protect users, especially children, from inappropriate content & material likely to cause significant harm. Yet, the rapid dissemination of this video suggests a significant lapse in compliance by most major platforms. This incident unarguably raises serious questions about the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms under Ofcom's oversight & the ability of already existing regulations to address challenges posed by viral, real-time violent content that often appears in algorithmic feeds and trending sections without content or age warnings, or individuals searching for it. The Online Safety Act represents a cornerstone of our commitment to protecting young people online, but its effectiveness depends on rigorous enforcement and the ability to immediately adapt to new challenges. The recurrence of such incidents in such a short period of time demands urgent action to restore confidence in this framework. I’d appreciate a response outlining your plans to address these pressing concerns.

I've seen horrific footage of murder of Charlie Kirk many times, as well as surveillance footage showing the fatal stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. This is a clear failure of online platforms to prevent the spread of such harmful content as mandated by the Online Safety Act 2023.

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In between the hours excavating, the @arcdurham students at #Yeavering have been enjoying some early medieval games… and donuts 🍩! (Don’t worry - the donuts aren’t 7th-century 😉)

Catch our daily site tour tomorrow at 3pm. #Yeavering #GefrinTrust #Northumberland #DUArchaeology

Mary with Poppy at Durham Vintage stall

Mary with Jasmine at her award winning stall

Mary with 2 of the Durham Pointer volunteers

Mary with 2 officers from Durham City Police

A brilliant market stall today. My team & I had so many chats on topics from private parking companies, council services, policing, anti-social behaviour, student loans, digital skills, flags, opportunities for young market traders, support for local businesses 💷, students - & Asian hornets 😱!

Mary with Chris and Susie outside the pub

Lovely to call at The Station House after my market stall yday & raise a glass to their recent success being named CAMRA NE Pub of the Year. In Oct they hear if they’re in final 4 pubs in the running for the overall title - they get a great big YES from me!Good luck Chris, Susie & the whole team. ❤️🍻

Mary with her family

Ice pops

Sweets

Good luck to everyone taking part in the Great North Run today. Whether you’re running for charity or for a personal challenge - I hope you have the best day. Like most years, me and my family will be at the bottom of the John Reid Road with supplies for runners as they pass. 🏃🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏻‍♂️

It’s the #Yeavering team’s day off. 😊 What better way to spend it than to head over to Holy Island & check in on the 10th (final) year of the DU/DV dig! Dr David Petts @arcdurham talks the team through the reopened trenches. We’ve been so lucky to have both digs run concurrently for a few years!

Mary outside Redhills by the rainbow we are still here banner

Mary with supporters and organisers at the event

Mary speaking with panellists after the event

Mary sitting with Durham Pride Chair, Mel Metcalf, following the event

Fab time last night at Redhills for special screening of the movie Pride, organised by the DMA and TUC NEYH to fundraise for Durham Pride. Lush to be surrounded by likeminded comrades to celebrate the friendship & solidarity forged between mining & LGBT+ communities which grows as the years pass!

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Amy (PhD researcher at Durham) and Brian (Associate Professor at Eastern Washington University & Durham grad) are hard at work cleaning back the trenches here at #Yeavering. What might they find today? Free site tours run daily at 3pm from now until 18 September. #Northumbria #GefrinTrust

Rain or shine, there’s big smiles all around from the Yeavering crew! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumbria #earlymedieval #GefrinTrust #DUArchaeology

One of our Trustees, Jane, stopped by the excavation site this afternoon. The skies look a bit foreboding but the smile on Roger's face tells us that the archaeology is as bright and exciting as usual! #Yeavering

Jane also snapped a picture of flowers left by a couple in honour of parents who loved this place. A great reminder of the indelible mark that #Yeavering and its landscape have left on so many. What’re your memories of Yeavering?

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To celebrate the start of the 2025 excavation season, we've just released the Gefrin Trust's recent conversation with Professor Sarah Semple. Read on for more! gefrintrust.org/conversation...

The 2025 Yeavering excavation has commenced with the relocation of the grandstand! Stay tuned for lots more from the trenches. We can't wait to see what the team gets up to! #YeaveringExcavation #Northumberland #DUArchaeology #GefrinTrust

Professor Sarah Semple (Durham University) and team are readying to lay out the trenches at Yeavering for another fantastic season of fieldwork. We can’t wait to see what they get up to! #Yeavering #DurhamArchaeology #GefrinTrust

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