September 18, 2026
Category : News
Calls for 50mph limit after woman dies in A66 crash
A fatal crash has led to renewed calls for a 50mph speed limit on a notorious stretch of the A66.
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…
Honorary degree for Margaret
CELEBRATED dale botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw was awarded an honorary science doctorate by Durham University this week. The award is in recognition of her tireless work to save the wildflowers…
