August 1, 2026
Category : News
Play time has worked!
It’s taken 20 years, but now a village is celebrating a community park which is a testament to volunteers’ dogged dedication, as Nicky Carter reports… COTHERSTONE children’s play park is…
Inspirational Sue bids farewell to the classroom after 23 years
STAFF and pupils bade a fond farewell to a much-loved, inspirational deputy headmistress last week when Sue Scaife retired after 23 years teaching at Bowes Hutchinson Primary School.A special assembly,…
Hopes high for re-opening of improved Gainford play park
A PLAY park which has been closed for a year and a half could be re-opening soon after a long-term lease was secured.Gainford Activity Park (GAP) could be welcoming children…
Angling club aims to hook new members at open evening
FOR the first time in its 90-plus year history, officials at Barnard Castle Angling Club have organised an open evening aimed at encouraging more people to cast a line into…
Revealed – the number of HGVs flouting weight limit on County Bridge
CAMERAS on the County Bridge, in Barnard Castle, caught 97 lorry drivers flouting the weight limit in just over two months.The HGVs ignored the 7.5 tonne ban between October 26…
