July 6, 2026
Category : News
We’re glad to be back ‘home’ say flood-hit staff and pupils
Staff and pupils at Staindrop Primary School say they are pleased to be “home” after four classes had to decamp to the village’s academy when their classrooms were badly damaged…
Post Office fights to keep vital services
A Teesdale postmistress says she is “scared for the future” and hopes the government will scrap their plans to remove vital services from the Post Office next year.Currently post offices…
Spectacular Bowes Show in prospect
ORGANISERS of the 135th Bowes Show are pulling out all the stops to make this year’s event a spectacular day out for all the family.Whether it’s two wheels, four legs…
Raising a glass in memory of Morris
PART of the cash raised by Staindrop’s annual beer and music festival is to go to a charity in memory of its founder.The August bank holiday weekend festival was started…
Calming joy of trekking with alpacas
MEETING Pearl and Gayle, the first thing you notice are their big brown eyes which peer at you from beneath lovely long eyelashes… and then their soft woolly coats. Pearl…
