RENOWNED botanist Dr Margaret Bradshaw celebrated her 98th birthday by kickstarting a new challenge to raise more than £1,000 to highlight the decline of the dale’s rarest plants. She aims…

ARE you sitting comfortably? Well, if you’re heading to St Mary’s Parish Hall, in Barnard Castle, for an event, you certainly will be. Rather than buy new chairs, the parish…

A COFFEE morning in memory of an inspirational upper dale woman has raised more than £1,800 for cancer research fundraisers. Margaret Thompson, who continued to impress friends and family with…

DESIGNS by four children from Gainford Primary School appeared on the Bishop of Durham’s annual Christmas card. The Rt Revd Paul Butler visited Gainford just before then end of last…