Alarm has been raised about the “countryside being ruined” as a second solar farm and battery storage site is proposed for fields near Evenwood.

Storytelling could be at the heart of Barnard Castle’s potential bid to become Town of Culture 2028.

The dale’s fell rescue team had a record number of call-outs during 2025.

Several pubs and a social club in and around Teesdale are among the best in the Darlington and North Yorkshire regions according to the Campaign for Real Ale.