Lack of church repairs lands 'highest ever' fine

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BBC News, North East and Cumbria - 1 August 2025. "A council has imposed its "highest ever financial penalty" on the owner of a derelict Grade II church for continued failure to carry out repairs. The owner of St Aidan's Church in Blackhill, near Consett, was ordered to pay £124,800 after being taken to court a second time by Durham County Council. Purvis Construction NE Ltd, which was fined £10,000 in December, got an additional financial penalty of £500 for each day that has passed since the first prosecution - the maximum amount allowed,...."
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