In an occasional column, Dorothy Blundell takes a sideways look at the collections of The Bowes Museum where she is a volunteer IT’S mid-summer and the crops have not yet…

A BARNARD CASTLE man has taken some 35 years to grow a veritable forest of miniature trees.Bonsai artist Frank Smith’s back garden is a treasure trove of miniature firs, oaks,…

A charity started from a home in Butterknowle by getting jobs in sport for two veterans has grown over eight years to provide support for almost 10,000 ex-soldiers and is…

BANDMASTER, full-time gravedigger and part-time DJ Andrew Nicholson uses his skills to keep both audiences and band members happy. As musical director of Barnard Castle Band, Andrew follows comedian Ken…