Next month  Steve Dixon, from Barnard Castle, sets off to climb Everest. Teesdale mountaineer Alan Hinkes reflects on what the experience was like for him… For several minutes on May…

FLASHBACK: Members of Vintage Pipes and Drums seen here from previous years, are bowing out after playing all around the region at community events since 1990

HOUSE PLAN: The former King’s Head, in Cockfield, where there surfaced area in front is classed as village green

LATEST ROLE: Teddy Berriman appeared in the BBC drama Call the Midwife