Plans for a £32m tourism development at Hamsterley Forest could put “lives at risk”, the Environment Agency has warned. In the agency’s latest objection, planning specialist Lauren Hunter said that ...

No town and parish councillors in Teesdale are receiving a basic annual allowance – despite being allowed to have the cash. This is in contrast with places like Peterlee and Bishop Auckland where ...

Her life story has been billed as ‘from the coal-house to the White House’, but Fiona Hill remains close to her County Durham ...

Barnard Castle will be turning pink once again this year. Teesdale Cancer Research UK, which is celebrating its 52nd birthday, is organising Turning Barney Pink next month. The event gets underway on ...

Thorpe Farm has evolved and grown in line with customers’ changing requirements but standards remain just as high as they did in 2001. This year sees the opening of two brand ne ...

The fight for 24-hour cash in Barnard Castle continues – despite news that the town’s new banking hub will not have an ATM. Durham County councillors Chris Foote-Wood and Richard Bell are joining ...

In the seismic summer of 1926, politics and sport overlapped in a bitterly-divided nation united by cricket. An epic series ...

People in Gainford have described their fear and shock after a shooting that left a man in a critical condition. A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were arrested soon after the incident in Balmer ...

Barney’s bid to win the Junior 100 ended with a narrow defeat in the final. Marton were asked to bat and scored 124-6 with Alfie Hodgkinson hitting 63 off 42 balls and Will Poole taking 2-17.

Barnard Castle Rugby Club wants to make the sport available to all schoolchildren in Teesdale. And that’s why they are ...

Adam Irving ripped through the Bill Quay batting, taking 5-36 as the visitors were skittled for just 79. He was ably assisted by Thomas Teesdale, who took 3-31 and then smashed 44 off 23 balls as ...

Hundreds of tributes have been paid to a much-loved Barnard Castle man who died suddenly this summer. Peter Elliott was a hugely popular member of the community and could be seen walking around the ...