February 18, 2026
FRIENDS with a passion for motoring signed up to an unusual challenge – competing in a banger rally – to raise funds for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine humanitarian appeal.…
A PUBLIC meeting is being held this week to canvas opinion on how to protect the lower Demesnes, in Barnard Castle, from illegal and overnight camping. The meeting, which will…
UN-EMPTIED bins are tarnishing a Teesdale museum’s reputation as “the jewel in County Durham’s crown” , it was claimed last week.Litter has been overflowing bins within the grounds of the…
AUTHORITIES have been praised for swiftly moving on an illegal traveller encampment on the Demesnes, in Barnard Castle.Neighbours feared a repeat of last year when the entry of one caravan…

