July 7, 2026
Category : News
Water supplier’s £15m pledge to clean up act
Cotherstone Water Waste Treatment Works dumped sewage into the River Balder 223 times in 2023 – an average of five spills per week – highlighting serious environmental concerns at the…
Mapping out sites ready to attack alien invader
A BARNARD Castle botanist has created a map tracking the trail of an alien invader plant which will help volunteers to stem the spread. For the past few months, Dr…
Community answers its own prayer
When a Methodist chapel in rural Teesdale was put up for sale, villagers banded together to repurpose it as a vibrant heart of their community. Five years on, they have…
Give way to the honourable member for Barnard Castle
Just when you thought the political clamour was over for another five years, local historian David Croom has been looking back to when Barnard Castle elected its own MP to Westminster…
Review of Awful Auntie – Darlington Hippodrome
BIRMINGHAM Stage Company have brought Awful Auntie by David Walliams to Darlington Hippodrome. They are probably the best theatre company with productions for schools and families and on the first…
