April 8, 2026

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100 year old footpath row rumbles on…

100 year old footpath row rumbles on…

ByMartin PaulAug 4, 20243 min read

PARISH councillors in Staindrop are disappointed that an antique map showing a footpath was put in by the local authority is not being considered by county council officers. Minutes also…

Cafe staff heroes ‘saved my life’

Cafe staff heroes ‘saved my life’

ByMartin PaulJul 26, 20243 min read

OPERATORS of a popular Barnard Castle cafe have been hailed as heroes after coming to the aid of a stroke victim. Susan Swanson, from Staindrop, says she would probably have…

Barney’s new curate has found her place

Barney’s new curate has found her place

ByMartin PaulJul 25, 20244 min read

FROM a childhood spent in the Russian city of St Petersburg to studying architecture and later Anglo Saxon archaeololgy, it has been a long road to Barnard Castle for St…

Digging into the Bronze Age past

Digging into the Bronze Age past

ByMartin PaulJul 21, 20242 min read

ARCHAEOLOGISTS are hoping to learn more about prehistoric people who lived in the Greta Valley though an excavation at Gilmonby. The area became famous in 1980 when the largest horde…