AN environmental group dedicated to improving Teesdale’s tree cover is looking for new areas to plant saplings.Trees For Teesdale is changing tack for the coming season, shifting its focus from…

TWO new-born alpacas helped boost an animal shelter’s coffers during its first open day in more than a year.Wetheriggs Animal Rescue Centre, at Thorpe Farm, near Greta Bridge, held an…

A CHARITY bookshop that has given hundreds of pounds to local causes this year is looking for new volunteers.The Village Bookshop, in Middleton-in-Teesdale, has in recent months dished out cash…

COUNTY officers are being asked to investigate the use of electric vehicle charge points in Barnard Castle before more are installed across the dale.Complaints about the cost at some points…