Barnard Castle councillor Paul Ing has been elected mayor of the town for a third consecutive term.

A couple from Gainford are taking on an ambitious 550-mile tandem bike ride from London to Edinburgh to support the Great North Air Ambulance Service.

Glorious! tells the true story of the flamboyant American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, portrayed by Wendi Peters, dubbed “the worst singer in the world”.

A long-standing Staindrop business is under threat after complaints from new housing estate built next to it.