June 20, 2026
Category : News
Tributes to Scouse Griffiths – a man who loved music
Thomas ‘Scouse’ Griffiths lived for his music and his models. The sudden death of the hugely-popular 77-year-old on June 24 has had a huge impact on his family and wide…
Middleton Sports and social club supporters launch £45,000 Raise the Roof appeal
A COMMUNITY-run sports and social club is appealing to supporters to raise tens of thousands of pounds to pay for roof repairs. Officials at Middleton-in-Teesdale Sports and Social Club committee…
End of an era as family-run store prepares to close after more…
AN historic upper dale shop is closing after more than a century of trading. Known as “not just a hardware shop” , J Raine & Son, in Middleton-in-Teesdale, is to…
Dave’s art goes on show for the bank holiday weekend
A three-day art exhibition featuring a series of paintings depicting unusual views of Barnard Castle, is taking place over the bank holiday weekend. Startforth-based artist Dave Palmer spent three years…
Martin shows beauty of natural world, near and far
A photographic exhibition, Near and Far, natural beauty in the North Pennines, by Martin Rogers is at Bowlees Visitor Centre until the end of August. Martin’s photography is rooted in…
