A couple from Gainford are taking on an ambitious 550-mile tandem bike ride from London to Edinburgh to support the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

Glorious! tells the true story of the flamboyant American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, portrayed by Wendi Peters, dubbed “the worst singer in the world”.

A long-standing Staindrop business is under threat after complaints from new housing estate built next to it.

A County Durham farmer has begun a novel fundraising campaign – and he doesn’t give a Diddly Squat if people think it’s a load of ‘bull’.