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THE government set up a "Whorlton Hall Incident Coordination Group" immediately after being made aware of allegations of abuse at...

TAXPAYERS are facing an increased bill for a private investigator called in by Barnard Castle Town Council after a member...

A CRAWLER tractor that formed part of the D-Day landings in Normandy during the Second World War is one of...

MORTHAM Estates is applying for planning permission to convert a former Victorian school into a home.Few people can remember when...

TOFT Hill Primary School has been left off a fourth round of schools to get a 20mph limit outside the...

WHORLTON Hall has been closed ahead of a BBC Panorama programme tonight, which investigates allegations of physical and psychological abuse.Police...

THE government's care watchdog has apologised for "missing what was really going on at Whorlton Hall" even after receiving whistleblowers'...

RESIDENTS from upper Teesdale got to see what is on offer in a dale community when more than 17 clubs,...

IRRESPONSIBLE wild camp-ers are ruining a popular dale walk, leaving human excrement, soiled nappies and rubbish behind, it is claimed.Middleton-in-Teesdale...

BARNARD Castle's traditional bank holiday carnival procession might be called off if more volunteers don't come forward, say organisers.Activities and...