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January 24, 2024
A new initiative has been launched to help tackle rural crime in County Durham by encouraging the public to work with police.
May 11, 2021
11 May 2021 FARMING LIFE: Farming minister Victoria Prentis, centre, visiting West Farm, Staindrop. Also pictured are MP Dehenna Davison, Bob Danby and Emma Spry, from Utass THE agriculture minister has met dale farmers to discuss issues and challenges facing the sector. MP Victoria Prentis went to West Farm, in Staindrop, alongside MP Dehenna Davison and members of Utass (Upper Teesdale Agriculture Support Services). Details of the discussion have not been made available but they centred a...
March 8, 2021
8 Mar 2021 RURAL VISION: Revd Richard Teal A NATIONAL church leader will be talking to Teesdale farmers and community group leaders this week to help highlight some of the challenges facing rural communities. Revd Richard Teal, President of the Methodist Church, has made “rural mission” the focus of his year in office and this weekend (March 6 and 7) he will be talking to Richard Betton, from the NFU, Bob Danby, from Utass, and other agricultural representatives to learn from their exper...
February 22, 2021
By • 22 Feb 2021 FUN WITH FOOD: Jen Smurthwaite weighs out ingredients while Gina Richardson shows off the recipe cards for the Utass Cook Your Own Teas scheme ONLINE science fairs, activity packs delivered to doors and the Cook Your Own Tea project are just some of the activities that have already delivered during the pandemic thanks to funding from TAP. In normal times, the youth team from Utass (Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services) provides a wide range of activities, both at...
January 1, 2021
By • 1 Jan 2021 LEST WE FORGET: Normal Remembrance Day services were not possible, so alternatives were organised, including a socially distanced event on Gainford green TM pic October WITH the dale back under local lockdown measures there was little to be optimistic about. Having embraced Eat Out to Help Out in August, cafes and pubs said they were now counting the cost of measures banning anyone from different households meeting up at their venues. In Barnard Castle, the ...