November 8, 2026
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…
Test Drive: The New Mazda CX-5
Ian Lamming lives in hope as Mazda reveals its latest CX-5 A CAR running on chip fat? Surely not? But then Mazda has always taken an alternative view of the…














