A YOUNG nature lover from Cockfield has been given a national award. Hot on the heels of being named as County Durham Environment Awards’ young volunteer of the year, Sophie Hebdon collected the ...

BIG plans are afoot for Barnard Castle’s annual Christmas switch-on event next month. The town’s volunteer Christmas lights committee, working alongside the town council, English Heritage, The Witham, ...

AN Easter Space Race has raised hundreds of pounds to help launch an aspiring RAF pilot’s trip to America to attend a NASA course. The community of Woodland rallied round on Easter Monday to take part ...

AN exhibition of traditional oil painted landscapes with a contemporary twist is on show at the Bowlees Visitor Centre Gallery this month. Artist Tonya Mitchell’s solo exhibition, The Great Outdoors, ...

A SERIES of music events hit the right note at the weekend – and there’s much more to come. On saturday, the Summer festival of free outdoor performances in the cafe garden at The Witham, in Barnard ...

A PIPE and drums band from the dale has given its first performance in almost two years as they emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. It was also the first time in two years that residents at Bowes ...

THERE’LL be some spook-tacular fun on offer at a dale community centre this Halloween. Artists, children and a host of others have helped create a frighteningly scary trail at the TCR Hub, in Barnard ...

ORGANISERS of upper Teesdale’s traditional sheep show are “very excited” about returning to the showfield on Saturday after it was called off last autumn due to Covid-19. Langdon Beck Show has been a ...

DESPITE the easing of Covid restrictions, dale youth folk band Cream Tees was robbed of the chance to perform before an audience this summer. The young musicians have been regulars at the Saltburn ...

THE sound of brass band music will ring out from the TCR Hub in Barnard Castle on Sunday, August 1. Barnard Castle Band, under the guidance of leader Andrew Nicholson, will present a Blast of Brass ...

HUNDREDS of visitors flocked to St Mary’s Parish Church, in Barnard Castle, for a two-day exhibition of paintings by Douglas Pittuck and to view his recently restored mural. The exhibition of works by ...

Here's what's in this week's paper.. The anti-social behaviour of visitors from out of the area to upper Teesdale is “escalating to the point of being out of control”, say community groups and ...