A SMALL group of protestors gathered outside Barclays, in Barnard Castle, last week to “mourn” the closure of the last bank branch in Teesdale. Organised by Chris Foote-Wood, who is…

LATEST finds during excavations at Gueswick Hill, near Cotherstone, suggest the area has been farmed consistently for about 3,000 years. During their latest dig, volunteers from Altogether Archaeology uncovered a…

A COLD and damp summer has been as bad for the dale’s rare flowers as it has been for farmers and allotment holders. The lack of blooming gentians and other…

EVERYONE in Cotherstone is now within quick access of an emergency heart-start machine thanks to a collaboration of thoughtful residents, the village’s parish council and its two county councillors. Initially…