Glorious! tells the true story of the flamboyant American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, portrayed by Wendi Peters, dubbed “the worst singer in the world”. Despite her lac ...

Teesdale event rider Katie Magee, at only her second Badminton Horse Trials, piloted her 17.2hh horse Treworra to a fantastic fifth place. Entering the showjumping phase on her dressage score of 33.3 ...

Barnard Castle councillor Paul Ing has been elected mayor of the town for a third consecutive term. A town council majority voted for Cllr Ing on Monday ahead of Cllr Chris Foote-Wood who was also ...

A former Leicester Tiger is to lead rugby at a school which for generations has produced some of the world’s best players. Barnard Castle School has appointed Joe Cain as Head of Rugby from September, ...

A couple from Gainford are taking on an ambitious 550-mile tandem bike ride from London to Edinburgh to support the Great North Air Ambulance Service. Richard Roff, 57, and Mary Anne Roff, 60, who ...

The Suzuki SUV is a no nonsense, immensely capable and thoroughly reliable motor. You don’t give it a second thought, you ...

The man who robbed a Barnard Castle petrol station has been warned he faces a substantial custodial sentence. Matthew Reece Howe, 30, of Cockfield, appeared at Durham Crown Court via a video link ...

Long-awaited documents for a £32m tourist development in Hamsterley Forest have been submitted. Forestry England first submitted plans at the end of 2024 for 70 eco-cabins with hot tubs, a new visitor ...

Greta Bridge’s Morritt Hotel and Garage Spa is on the market for £1.7 million. The 26-bedroom hotel is being marketed by Colliers. The commercial estate agent said: “The Morritt trades predominantly ...

A County Durham farm which has been in the same family for six generations has been put up for sale with a guide price of £1.8m. Whiley Hill Farm, near the medieval village of Coatham Mundeville, just ...

A young entrepreneur has laid bare the direct and indirect impact of crime after having almost all of his equipment stolen in an overnight raid. Thieves spent hours at a property along Darlington Road ...

Former financial manager David Vasey, 63, was handed a 24-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months at Durham Crown Court on Thursday, April 23. He was initially charged with seven counts ...