May 15, 2026
Cash boost helps club offer a warm welcome
A WELCOME funding boost will keep a dale community club’s crafters creating. Members of the Thursday Club, which meets at Mickleton Village Hall ironically every Wednesday, between 1.30pm and 3pm,…
Village views sought on Startforth plan
A DALE group that has spent six years putting together a plan to give the community a stronger voice in how development takes place in Startforth is inviting residents to…
£4,000 grant is music to Cotherstone bell ringers’ ears
CAMPANOLOGISTS in Cotherstone are a step closer to hitting their target of raising £8,500 to repair bells at the village church thanks to a grant from county councillors. Currently only…
Birthday challenge for Margaret, 98
RENOWNED botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw celebrated her 98th birthday by kickstarting a new challenge to raise more than £1,000 to highlight the decline of the dale’s rarest plants. She aims…














