PLANTERS will be removed from a dale village centre to lighten the workload of a dwindling band of volunteers. The award-winning gardening group Middleton-in-Bloom, which maintains the planters and floral…

Hamsterley Primary School council gave a big thumbs up to a new sporting facility in the village when they were given a sneak preview ahead of the grand opening this…

A DISUSED bus shelter has become an eyesore and magnet for anti-social behaviour. But members of Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council were told it would cost too much to tear…

A MULTI-NATIONAL folk trio who found their sound during lockdown are performing tracks from their recently recorded album, Unanswered, at The Witham, Barnard Castle. Ward Knutur Townes are three critically…