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 ...

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 ...

A County Durham farmer has begun a novel fundraising campaign – and he doesn’t give a Diddly Squat if people think it’s a load of ‘bull’. A period of ill health meant Steven Nesbitt had to take time ...

McFarlane Family Butchers will mark 25 years since it came under ownership of popular shopkeeper Alastair McFarlane. Previously, he and brother Stuart had worked for Tarn & Son Butchers in Barnard ...

A long-standing Staindrop business is under threat after complaints from new housing estate built next to it. Louis Smith Motors has been subject to a number of visits by county officers because of ...

Everyone’s a winner! The reality is a good deal more complicated. However, slowly but surely, Sam and Maurice are making a difference. “Maurice’s drive has always been to conserve and restore the ...