July 6, 2026
Category : News
Steve Owers steps back after leading rescue team
Teesdale’s mountain rescue team leader has stood down after eight years at the helm. Former fireman Steve Owers spent seven years as deputy leader of Teesdale and Weardale Search and…
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…
TOYS play with learning skills of musical theatre at summer school
THE dale was alive with the sound of musical theatre when youngsters took part in Teesdale Operatic Society’s youth section (TOYS) summer school at TCR Hub, Barnard Castle.It is the…
Volunteers go into battle against noxious invader on beauty spot
VOLUNTEERS descended on Barnard Castle’s lower Demesnes to pull out poisonous weeds.The small group of the town’s volunteer workers uprooted several dumpy bags of noxious ragwort in an effort to…
