Tributes have been paid to a dale geologist and U3A stalwart who died suddenly aged 78, on May 6.

Just when a long-standing Staindrop business believed it had finally resolved a dispute with residents of a newly-built adjoining housing estate, fresh complaints have been lodged with county officers.

The story of the life of a barn owl from Teesdale has been told in a new book.

Teesdale has inspired many. Yet it is Dr Margaret Bradshaw, at 100, who still leads the way to safeguard the area’s extraordinary rare flora