April 10, 2026

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One last chance to lobby for A66 ‘mitigation’ work

One last chance to lobby for A66 ‘mitigation’ work

ByMartin PaulApr 12, 20242 min read

CAMPAIGN groups want to “mitigate” the impact of changes to the Rokeby junction when work to upgrade the A66 begins later this year. Mayor of Barnard Castle Cllr Laura Drew…

Tickets please! Book charts history of rail travel in dale

Tickets please! Book charts history of rail travel in dale

ByMartin PaulApr 11, 20242 min read

THE complete history of the railway line from Darlington to Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale has been documented for the first time in a new book, A Ticket to Teesdale. Co-authored…

£50k revamp for church centre nearly finished

£50k revamp for church centre nearly finished

ByMartin PaulApr 5, 20243 min read

A £50,000 revamp of Evenwood’s Cornerstone Christian Centre is nearing completion. When the new pastor for the Assemblies of God Church, Andrew Kay, took over in 2021 the ceiling in…

Snakes alive – it’s Leon’s exotic animals

Snakes alive – it’s Leon’s exotic animals

ByMartin PaulApr 3, 20243 min read

A DALE teenager is carving out a niche as an exotic animal showman. Leon Horrocks, from Woodland, started showing strange and unusual reptiles, amphibians and insects, at the age of…