July 5, 2026
Changes to highway code will make horse riding safer’
HORSE riders have only partially welcomed changes to the highway code which gives them priority over vehicles on public roads.However, they complain that cyclists have unfairly enjoyed priority over horses.Changes…
Pay us more? No thanks, say Durham county councillors
COUNCILLORS have voted overwhelmingly against taking a pay rise, rejecting it as “a massive disservice to the county” .A recommended two per cent increase in county councillors’ allowances prompted numerous…
Take a chance on new contemporary dance’
GIVE contemporary dance a chance.That’s the message from the artistic director and choreographer of a new work which will be performed in Barnard Castle later this month as part of…
Tom Howe – a showman on stage and behind the bar
DALES PEOPLE – BY CHRIS FOOTE-WOOD GREETED by the ever-cheerful Tom Howe behind the bar, the first thing that strikes you is his magnificent retro quiff. And he might well…














