July 30, 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…
Plea for help inspires display on Methodism
A REQUEST to delve into the archives of the Fitzhugh Library has inspired an exhibition on Methodism in Teesdale. Officers from the library, which houses a wealth of material relating…
Second charity run in memory of Valerie
A HEART-BROKEN Cockfield family are staging a second charity fun-run in memory of a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Valerie Stainthorpe died in 2020 from a rare condition, multiple system…
Mart says: ‘you can’t park here’
DIRECTORS of a dale auction mart say they are unable to offer access to their facilities to help alleviate Middleton-in-Teesdale’s parking woes. Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council had hoped directors…
Clearing overgrown beck ‘risks fires’
A LANDOWNER has voiced concerns that cutting back overgrown vegetation on an historic beck side path will encourage people to use it for campfires, an upper dale parish council was…
