A MONTH-long community musical festival got off to a roaring start in Barnard Castle with the launch venue, St Mary’s Parish Church, packed out. The fast-moving concert on Monday, June…

THE Castle Players’ annual outdoor summer production is back with The Comedy of Errors, and with it comes the brewing of a special real ale. Each year, the theatre group…

FORMER set designer and award-winning artist Paul Helliwell took “the plunge” by setting up a contemporary antique shop in Barnard Castle after being made redundant. Nine months later, his first…

AN Eggleston-based dog trainer is thrilled to have won another major award. Tam Wilson, aka the “collie coach” , runs dog classes at the Methodist Church Hall, in Barnard Castle,…