COLOURFUL SPECTACLE: A pick-up and a tractor in all their festive finery take part in the Farmer Christmas parade in the upper Gaunless Valley

About 300 objections have been lodged against the £32m tourism development at Hamsterely Forest.

Proposals to convert a Gaunless Valley pub into a four-bedroom house have been drawn up.

New parking restrictions are set to be introduced in Barnard Castle if county councillors back a raft of plans next week.