Barnard Castle

Cardboard cut-out bobbies on patrol

PEOPLE shopping in Barnard Castle may find themselves doing a double take the next time they see their local policeman. Barnard Castle Police have placed two cardboard cut-outs of an officer in Morrisons supermarket. Town bobby...

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BT fined over safety breach

British Telecom has been fined £1,000 after it breached safety laws when it carried out work in Teesdale. The company broke regulations when its contractors dug up the street in Victoria Road, in Barnard Castle, to carry out...

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Green waste charges abolished

CHARGES for a garden waste-recycling scheme in Teesdale will be abolished to help make the dale more environmentally friendly. More than 4,000 households in Teesdale pay £15 a year to Teesdale Conservation Volunteers (TCV) to...

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Pensioner fears her home is ‘in danger’

A 92-year-old widow from Barnard Castle says her home could be in danger of collapsing after discovering large cracks near the drains in her back garden. Mary Snodgrass, who has lived at her bungalow in the town’s Fairfield...

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Mother's relief as five-year-old is found after full-scale police search

A MOTHER has spoken of her relief after her little girl was found safe and well following a full-scale police operation that was launched in Teesdale in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Officers, police dogs and a...

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Small companies sharing a big market

You don’t have to be a mammoth corporation with a bottomless pit of capital to make it big overseas. Andrew Mernin finds out how a growing band of the region’s small businesses have become exporters on a shoestring budget.

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Extra information: Durham: telecommunications equipment and supplies

UK-Durham: telecommunications equipment and supplies Address: Organisation: Durham County Council, Barnard Castle Vision, County Hall (Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, 17.11.2009, ="318206-2009">2009/S...

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Falcons Youngsters In Action

The Falcons academy has seven players in action on Sunday in Leeds, as a Northern Academies team takes on England Under-18s. Joel Hodgson (RGS) and Nathan Morris (Sedbergh) will both be wearing England colours, while Alex Allen...

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"Lethal" legal high widespread in Teesdale, police say

A legal drug is in widespread use in Teesdale and is putting lives at risk, police have said. But an alert issued by the Darlington Drug and Alcohol Action Team warns its use can result in severe nose bleeds, nose burns,...

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Petition made to protect Stanley town centre

WITH a large Asda supermarket, car parks, a Seventies-style indoor bowls centre and a new bus station dominating its town centre, even its most ardent supporters would be pushed to call Stanley attractive.

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