Barnard Castle's Market Cross draws links to royal playground item
IT'S not every day that County Durham and the royal family have a connection – but one striking tourist attraction in Barnard Castle has generated…
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IT'S not every day that County Durham and the royal family have a connection – but one striking tourist attraction in Barnard Castle has generated…
IT'S not every day that County Durham and the royal family have a connection – but one striking tourist attraction in Barnard Castle has generated…
News - Teesdale Mercury
Barnard Castle thanks Dominic Cummings for the visit DOMINIC Cummings said he wishes he had never heard of Barnard Castle - but businesses the town are they glad he made his infamous trip for eye test, as it has boosted the fortunes of the town. When the former advisor to Boris Johnson admitted last May he had driven 30 miles to Barnard Castle during lockdown, resident were angry, but now appreciate that he unwittingly put the historic market town “on the map” – and turned its branch of Specsavers into a star attraction. Mr Cumming remarked, "I wish I'd never heard of Barnard Cas...
25 May 2021 Here are the headlines in this week's edition: Rima Chatterjee says she has been overwhelmed by the number of messages she has received from well-wishers since she became mayor of Barnard Castle last week. But one message is missing – that from her father who sadly died in India's Covid crisis this month. Talks over the future of Gainford Hall. Coalition bids to seize power from Labour at County Hall. Crime-fighting rural group strikes again after theft in upper dale. Only in Teesdale … it's a cow-ncil meeting with a difference as councillors meet in a barn. Suggestion of intr...