April 11, 2026

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A local flavour to this year’s fun-packed Eggleston Show

A local flavour to this year’s fun-packed Eggleston Show

ByMartin PaulSep 14, 20232 min read

THIS weekend’s Eggleston show will culminate with a sheep Grand National. The 147th show is back at Hayberries Farm, near Mickleton, on Saturday, September 16. For the first time, three…

Dig pieces together Iron Age settlement

Dig pieces together Iron Age settlement

ByMartin PaulSep 13, 20233 min read

ARCHEOLOGISTS are piecing together how an Iron Age settlement near Cotherstone, might have looked like, four years after first investigating the site. Community group Altogether Archaeology (AA) has been digging…

Shock at sudden closure of nursery

Shock at sudden closure of nursery

ByMartin PaulSep 13, 20233 min read

MORE than 50 families have been left devastated by the sudden closure of a dale nursery school with an “excellent” reputation. Castle Kindergarten, at Staindrop, shut its doors on Thursday…

Well done Graham’ – Expert volunteer gardener retires

Well done Graham’ – Expert volunteer gardener retires

ByMartin PaulSep 11, 20233 min read

OFFICIALS at Barnard Castle’s TCR Hub community centre is looking for more helpers following the retirement of their volunteer groundsman. Graham Moore is credited with making the gardens of the…