April 11, 2026
AN exhibition which has just closed at The Fitzhugh Library shed new light on how important Dales ponies were to the local economy in the later 19th and early 20th…
A CHARITY dedicated to the welfare of service veterans that was launched in Butterknowle is marking its tenth anniversary with new premises and a nomination for a top national award.Sporting…
RITCHIE Longstaff has been around Dales ponies for as long as he can remember.He was “thrown on one” by his father John Robert – who was instrumental in the survival…
IF you can remember the words of the following ditty, you are of a certain age. It goes something like this: “Whichever ya gaw ya shoor ta meet a Geordie,Thar’s…