“RESPONSIBLE” owners of poultry are to be allowed to keep up to six birds on their plot at village allotments. Changes to the current tenancy agreement for gardeners at Gainford…

THE first tree grown in a nursery to support native species has been planted in the upper dale as part of a North Pennines National Landscape nature recovery programme. Volunteers…

GREEN-fingered volunteer gardeners who have taken to tidying up overgrown areas of Gainford have launched their own “In Bloom” contest. The newly formed Gainford In Bloom group, with the support…

THE first phase of two projects to reduce metal pollution from abandoned lead and zinc mines near Middleton-in-Teesdale has been completed. The new measures, which include building 300m of new…