Making the news this week:
A Barnard Castle couple have told how their musician daughter made it home from a performance in France just minutes before Saturday morning's quarantine deadline after chartering a boat to get across the channel
We've coverage of A level results day at Teesdale School and Barnard Castle School
Motorists in Barnard Castle have got the hump over a bump in the road described as a "build-out bus stop"
Friends of a dale cystic fibrosis sufferer are planning a 40-mile fundraising walk which aims to raise £3,000
We've a sneak preview of the dale's state-of-the-art observatory at Grassholme
Little George Bainbridge and his dad Steven will "boycott their beds" this week in aid of Action for Children
Meet the dale's new police sergeant, Angela Drasco
Talented musician Kirsty McLachlan has won a place in the National Youth Folk Ensemble.
There was a big birthday bash for Gainford's oldest resident Joy Wilson when she turned 100
A familiar face has taken on a new role to put families at the centre of events at the TCR Hub
In sport, there's full cricket round-up, plus football and golf
In What's On, artist Ann Whitfield takes part in this week's Q&A
Plus, there's the weekly rural update, Bob Garton's brainteasers, a bumper postbag and all your family notices
All in this week's paper, which is now hitting the news stands