WEST Auckland volunteers are celebrating after earning the highest accolade in the large village category of the Northumbria-in-Bloom Awards.The village earned a silver gilt award, the second highest possible in…

CHILDREN from a school in West Auckland narrowly missed out on winning gold for their gardening efforts at the first time of asking in the Northumbria-in-Bloom competition.Oakley Cross Primary School…

BARNARD Castle Choral Society is looking to boost numbers ahead of its first concert since lockdown.The society had almost 70 members before Covid-19 began but numbers have waned as some…

A DALE band which folded during the pandemic is making a return with an exciting 80s night.Making Plans was a five-piece group made up largely of members of Starthforth’s Euphoria…