LAUGHTER they say is the best medicine and for one plucky eight-year-old “dad” jokes are proving just the right tonic to keep a smile on her face.Abigail Ford, from Barnard…

KNITTED figures and a community clean-up were among the last-minute activities in Middleton-in-Teesdale to impress Northumbria-in-Bloom judges last week.The village was awash with colour as inventive knitters covered bollards, and…

Making the news this week: Former England international footballer Dave Thomas has set himself a new goal – to raise £100,000 for the charity Guide Dogs UK Lord Barnard has…

A DALE family group braved searing heat to walk 26 miles to raise hundreds of pounds for a cancer charity.Mel Wade, from Connelly’s Toy Shop, in Barnard Castle, along with…