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PAIN FREE: Emily Towler treating pet Labrador Maple to a session of laser therapy to ease pain of osteoarthritis

CLEANING UP: Josh Jenkins and Pauline Connelly look on as George O’Brien hands over the litter-picking equipment to Laura Drew

SHARING ANTHEMS: The choir at St Mary’s Parish Church, Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle and Bridge, from upstream, painted c1825 (Tate). Turner sketched the chapel in the centre of the bridge in...

APPEAL: Cieran and Claire Chidzey are determined to make memories for their son Ryan who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy....

Lonnie Donegan, king of skiffle, was one of the most influential musicians in British rock and roll history. Editor Stuart...

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SAD DAY: Marking the closure of the Friends of The Bowes Museum charity are secretary Helen Rowell, Bowes Arts magazine...

RESIDENTS keen to stop the only pub in their village from being converted into a home, have launched a campaign...

SAFETY FIRST: MP Sam Rushworth with Staindrop parish councillors Ed Chicken, Jonothan Raper and Dilys Caygill on the busy A688