RESTORATION of an historic dale theatre should be completed by early next year, 12 months after being severely damaged by water. The Academy Theatre in Gainford was hit when a…

The Windows for the King project in Barnard Castle is reaching its culmination after two years’ fundraising and many more of research by the Northern Dales Richard III Group, as…

THERE was a definite rosy glow to Barnard Castle as the town turned pink in a massive show of community support for the Teesdale branch of Cancer Research UK. More…

NEW youth band, The Panthers, are looking to jazz things up. Band leader Peter Lovatt, who has been a member of the community orchestra at St Mary’s Parish Church for…