September 19, 2026
Category : News
Plans for campaign to lower speed limits in villages
Plans are afoot to unite four parish councils to campaign together for lower speed limits through their villages.
Harmless sport… or an attempt to deceive law?
Two decades on from the ban on fox hunting, the sight of horses and hounds in the countryside continues to stir emotions. Sam Alexander joined the Zetland and Bedale hunts…
Snakes alive – it’s Leon’s exotic animals
A DALE teenager is carving out a niche as an exotic animal showman. Leon Horrocks, from Woodland, started showing strange and unusual reptiles, amphibians and insects, at the age of…
Ryan and Gunner are top dogs at Crufts
A DOG lover from Middleton-in-Teesdale is celebrating after winning a title on his debut appearance at the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts. When ten-year-old Ryan Raine stepped into the arena…
Probe after firearm discharged in Staindrop
AN investigation is underway after a firearm was discharged outside a property in Staindrop. At about 9.20pm on Friday, March 29, a vehicle pulled up outside an address in Grice Court…
