THE foundations of a new eco-centre in Teesdale have been laid. Once completed, the building at Teesdale Conservation Volunteers’ (Rotters) base, in Startforth, will showcase the best of environmental building…

HORSE, cattle and sheep bred in Teesdale have featured highly in this year’s Great Yorkshire Show, the first in two years. Top honours in the Dales Pony category was clinched…

Viper’s Bugloss (Echium vulgare)THE specific name vulgare never seems quite the right one to describe this handsome, imposing plant. Perhaps magnificum or mirabilis would suit it better. It stands about…

A WARNING has been sounded that work to upgrade a railway path to bridleway in Barnard Castle is destroying valuable habitat for rare birdsZoology graduate Cameron Sharp says the route…