THE Upper Teesdale Botany Group is organising an extensive summer programme of field work to mark its 20th anniversary.The group surveys the upper dale to monitor rare plants and flowers,…

COUNTY councillors for the Gaunless Valley have launched a campaign to upgrade village halls to help people in the event of massive power outages.Butterknowle Village Hall proved to be a…

WELL-known dale councillor Ted Henderson might have been a steeplejack like his father, Edward. “When I was nine or ten I told my dad I wanted to follow him” ,…

THERE were tears aplenty as staff, parents and pupils of Middleton-in-Teesdale Primary School bade farewell to their popular caretaker.Julian Robinson, who was best known for his cheerful singing through the…