She is often credited for holding up the monarchy through various crises, including the abdication of King Edward VIII and ...

A Barnard Castle pub with a popular TripAdvisor rating has hit the market, being put up for sale for £350,000.

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A County Durham museum has launched a new exhibition on its 'visionary' co-founder's taste for fashion - with items dating ...

A County Durham village has been described as a "historic gem" with "timeless appeal" by visitors. Nestled in the western reaches of County Durham, the historic village of Bowes is a place where ...

Jennifer Gane has been going about her day-to-day life in a gown A woman has challenged herself to spend every day of 2025 in a ball gown to raise awareness of how "exhausting and difficult" life ...

Mrs Gane on a visit to the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle CEO and founder of the Toby Henderson Trust, Lesley Henderson, said Ms Gane's challenge was "so good in so many ways". "Shining a light on how ...

If you dream of upping sticks and moving to a quintessentially English village then one "posh" choice ticks all the boxes. The County Durham village of Brancepeth is located just a quick five ...

In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...

The late Queen Elizabeth II was fiercely anti-smoking - and she had good reason to be. Smoking played a large part in the ...