A FORMER home economics teacher is cleaning up after launching a range of handmade soaps that have been winning rave reviews from customers. After retiring, Claire Williams and her husband…

A COMMUNITY craft shop has reopened its doors after a winter hiatus.Goodsyard Interiors, run by Jane Addison for the past six years, has a wealth of new exhibitors offering their…

A JEWELLERY maker has designs on teaching her skills to others at her new studio and shop in Barnard Castle.For the past 15 years Elizabeth Chamberlain has been designing and…

FOUR village venues in Teesdale enjoyed a spruce up during the past year thanks to a scheme that offers on-the-job-training for aspiring decorators.Along with village halls in Copley, Winston, Ingleton…