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A DISABLED volunteer Scout leader was given the best Christmas gift she could have wished for – news a custom-built ...

A DALE woman’s dedication to helping people be more active in nature has been recognised. Lucy Brenkley, from Barnard Castle, ...

A SERIES of advent soup lunches organised for Christian Aid raised more than £650. Organisers were delighted by the response ...

THE entrance to Barnard Castle’s 12th century fortress has been given a face-lift with the installation of new, custom-built ...

About 300 objections have been lodged against the £32m tourism development at Hamsterely Forest. Forestry England submitted ...

BUDDING young farmers are being offered the chance to bid for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter the industry – thanks ...

OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW: Peter Snow, of Vic Young Ltd hands the keys to the community transport bus to Grace ...

A COUNTY councillor is backing a campaign to get a pedestrian crossing in Staindrop. Frustrated parish councillors in the ...

AN incredible 104 vehicles lined up for the upper Gaunless Valley’s annual Farmer Christmas tractor rally. New for this year ...

Proposals to convert a Gaunless Valley pub into a four-bedroom house have been drawn up. The King’s Head, in Cockfield, ...

A HORSE transportation service fit for a future king, has proved a big hit with local equestrians. Former Grenadier Guard ...