A specialist assessment needs to be done before a pedestrian crossing can be considered for Staindrop, parish councillors have been told.

A young dale athlete has been selected to join a Special Olympics Great Britain team to take part in next year’s London Marathon.

The erection of a polytunnel and shepherd’s hut in Cockfield might have destroyed archaeological evidence of an historic moat, county planners have said.

A popular dale caravan site and farm shop has been given permission for a significant expansion plan after four years of waiting.