1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (534+ words) The fight for 24-hour cash in Barnard Castle continues – despite news that the town’s new banking hub will not have an ATM. Durham County councillors Chris Foote-Wood and Richard Bell are joining forces to push for another cash point in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (452+ words) From almost closing two years ago, plans are being put forward for a £200,000 upgrade for Eggleston Village Hall. An emergency meeting was called in 2024 when long serving chairman and treasurer Dave Smith died, leaving only three people on the committee....

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (452+ words) Marion and Tony Elstob will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary next week surrounded by family and friends. The couple met when they were working in fields near High Lands in 1960 and have remained sweethearts ever since. What makes their 60th anniversary…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (489+ words) A 10-hour pedalathon has raised more than £1,000 for the Diabetes UK charity. The event was the brainchild of 10-year-old Georgina Davis, from Copley, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes earlier this year. Her mother Kathryn is a practice administrator at…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (534+ words) Teesdale-based groups and organisations are being invited to apply for grants from a windfall £100,000 pot of cash. The money comes from an allocation that went unspent while the Teesdale Area Action Partnership (TAP) was transformed into a local network over…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (456+ words) There is mounting opposition to a proposed new housing estate in Barnard Castle before a planning application has even been made. Bellway Homes is hoping to build 65 new homes on a field along Darlington Road and has started a consultation....

3+ mon, 1+ day ago   (419+ words) Just when a long-standing Staindrop business believed it had finally resolved a dispute with residents of a newly-built adjoining housing estate, fresh complaints have been lodged with county officers. Louis Smith Motors came under threat last month when a neighbour…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago   (710+ words) Getting to the church on time was very much Clifford Dent’s priority 60 years ago. An overnight snowstorm left the roads in Teesdale virtually impassable on April 2, 1966. And, before tying the knot with his bride-to-be June Wallis in Brignall, the groom…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (626+ words) Storytelling could be at the heart of Barnard Castle’s potential bid to become Town of Culture 2028. The town stands to win between £60,000 and £3 million for events and activities in 2028 if it enters the Department of Media, Culture and Sport competition....

5+ mon, 4+ week ago   (394+ words) An on-call firefighter in Barnard Castle is continuing to make her mother proud on the other side of the world. Cinnamon Filipiak, 32, is based at Barnard Castle Fire Station and works as a bartender at The Cricketers Arms alongside her…...