A COMMUNITY event in Teesdale aims to revive the humble recorder.Over the past 20 years, the recorder has lost popularity in schools and many now lie neglected and unloved in…

IT’S unacceptable for people from Barnard Castle to be buried in Startforth because of a lack of cemetery space, the annual town meeting heard.Concerns have been raised going back 10…

TOWN councillors say bosses of Barnard Castle’s arts centre have got their “begging bowl out again” just five years after people donated nearly £50,000 to keep the venue afloat.The Witham…

SCHOOLS across Teesdale have been given three months’ notice that Durham County Council will cease to maintain their grounds.The move comes at a time when there is a dire shortage…