Plans for 100 new houses at Toft Hill have been labelled 'too much for the village to take'.
Tributes have been paid to sports, fundraiser and family man Trevor Joel.
Two of the dale's amateur dramatics groups are gearing up for spring shows.
Primary schools across Teesdale will be hit by funding cuts – find out which schools are affected and how much cash is being cut.
Officials at the Veg Out in Barney are hoping a £10,000 Lottery grant will inspire more volunteers to come forward.
Barney's popular mini-golf course has been given a spruce up in time for the summer visitor season.
Artist Andy Beck has completed a ten-year project to reproduce Alfred Wainwright's sketches in full colour – all 1,500 of them.
In sport, Barnard Castle RUFC returned to the top of Durham/Northumberland 1 after a narrow win against Gateshead Fell, while some of the town's cricketing veterans are planning to pull on the whites for a Masters tournament later in the summer.
Plus, we've all your letters, Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg's column, business and jobs, motors, Remember When, farming and much more.
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