ONCE again, Durham has got the converted white elephant award.

You have hand it to the county council’s planners who have outwitted the rest of the country to win this award.

Who else could turn a city into a bombsite in such a short time while getting rid of the shopping centre?

Residents, though, can look on the bright side: Hollywood could be interested to make war films here if the council does the same to the cathedral and the castle.

Peter Jefferies, Durham