May 21, 2026
Plea for extra parking spaces in Startforth street
DAMAGE to vehicles and a grassed area in Startforth has prompted a request for a layby extension.Residents in Corn Close have limited off-street parking with a six-car layby serving seven…
Couple’s joint birthday bash brings in £1,100 for cancer Research UK
A POPULAR farming couple have raised more than £1,000 for charity at their double 80th birthday celebration.Friends and family dug deep when they attended Peter and Gladys Stubbs’ landmark birthday…
Arabic graduate off to crisis-hit country
AN Arabic graduate is to travel to a Middle Eastern county, where he hopes to take his language skills to the next level despite a worsening economic and political crisis.Ben…
Crack near Barney’s County Bridge to be investigated
CONCERNS about the structural condition of an approach wall to the County Bridge have been raised.Startforth Parish Council agreed to contact officials at Durham to highlight the issue after receiving…
