Swimmers from Teesdale Special Olympics team will attend a national swimming gala later this month thanks to funding from county councillors.

Comedy lovers are in for a treat as Barnard Castle Comedy Club, Funny Way To Be, unveils its ambitious autumn season.

Wildes Books is holding its first launch event and it promises to be a fantastical evening.

A parish council has objected to the reopening of a dales pub after a man suffered life-changing injuries in a “sustained, violent and entirely unprovoked” assault on the premises.