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COLOURFUL SPECTACLE: A pick-up and a tractor in all their festive finery take part in the Farmer Christmas parade in...

GREAT GIFTS: Old Forge Surgery staff Dr Chris Markwick, Stephanie Markwick, Jade Hetherington and Natalie Mitchell with their community collection gift...

The Teesdale Mercury Shop, in Market Place, Barnard Castle, ceased trading on short notice on Christmas Eve. The Teesdale Mercury...

About 300 objections have been lodged against the £32m tourism development at Hamsterely Forest.

Proposals to convert a Gaunless Valley pub into a four-bedroom house have been drawn up.

New parking restrictions are set to be introduced in Barnard Castle if county councillors back a raft of plans next...

Butterknowle Village Hall has had a makeover for the first time in more than two decades thanks to a scheme...

TOP GEAR: Headteacher Nicky Wright, Edge Hotel landlady Fiona Coastworth and Amit Kumar, from Cummins, with the year 5 group

HIGH OLD TIME: At 1,154ft, is Woodland’s community Christmas tree the highest in County Durham? Simon Land is posing the question