BARNARD Castle’s annual Poppy Appeal will go ahead, despite the town council no longer organising it. The Royal British Legion confirmed the campaign will happen this year after Yvette Farren…

A TEACHER is using her chemotherapy sessions to raise cash to research the “sneaky cancer” she was diagnosed with earlier this year.Teesdale School’s head of food Katie Swinburne was diagnosed…

A PAIR of Scouts have earned high praise for coming to the aid of a seriously hurt cyclist in Hamsterley Forest earlier this month.William Hart, 13, and William Clerk, 14,…

DURHAM County Council’s customer access point (CAP) at Barnard Castle library will only be open three days a week if new proposals are accepted.It is currently open to the public…