Sauna culture is taking off in Barnard Castle – and TCR Hub’s lake is turning into an epicentre of wellbeing for the town.

County officers want to permanently close the main road into Hamsterley but say it will not have any impact to a proposed £32m tourism development at the nearby forest.

Barney were worthy winners of the Women’s Hardball 100, beating Norton in the final at Acklam Park, Middlesbrough.

An impromptu tractor rally for a dementia sufferer has gone viral on social media.