DISAPPOINTED that their villages do not have a festive display, residents of Toft Hill and Etherley have teamed up to...

A 15-YEAR-OLD pop singer from Barnard Castle has used her school experience as inspiration for her latest single.Jeshika Jaynes's single...

A SPECIAL effort ensured a dale village's older folk did not miss out on some much-needed Christmas cheer this year.Money...

TURN on, tune in and help out. That's the message from musical lockdown fundraisers who pulled in more than £12,000...

ALMOST two-thirds of people on an Etherley estate have lit up their homes with decorative festive lights this Christmas.The tradition...

A CHRISTMAS raffle organised by a charity group raised more than £2,000 for good causes.The Clique, which was formed more...

CHILDREN from Cockfield Primary are celebrating a truly international Christmas after corresponding with 22 other schools around Europe.The school was...

TWO schemes to encourage tree planting across the dale have been launched.Durham County Council has made funding available to groups...

Feverfew - Tanacetum parthenium (Bachelors' Buttons)FEVERFEW is not native to the UK. It originates in Europe, indeed as far east...

BARNARD Castle's popular festive lights will continue to shine brightly next year after town councillors backed an increase in spending...