Making the headlines this week:
Meet Alfie the poodle who makes reading oodles of fun
Works spat at during road works
Lunch clubs on the hunt for young volunteers as service diversifies
Green Lane’s caring council invites Santa for breakfast
TCR Hub cooking up a Christmas treat for community
The Bowes Museum reaches its Crowdfunding target to save mystical silver swan
Parish council suggests 600% tax hike because of election fears
No Kinninvie warning sign until 2024
How Sam’s honesty box bakery is becoming a hit
Cockfield WMC unveils heart-start machine after noticing none available after hours
£3,5m price tag to repair main entrance to Hamsterley
Plus readers’ letters, full events guide in the run up to Christmas, quiz, puzzles and all your sports news.
