The Town Mayor of Barnard Castle, Councillor Sandra Moorhouse, has presented the title of honorary freeman of the town to Mr Parkin Raine. The Town Council has awarded this in recognition of his outstanding contribution to recording life in Teesdale.

The ceremony took place at The Manor House care home where Mr Raine now lives on Sunday 25 October.

Care Home Catering talks to the NACC’s newly crowned Care Cook of the Year, Oliver Smith from Hadrian Healthcare’s Wetherby Manor.

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The Manor House Whickham is celebrating two garden awards again this year.

The awards were won in the Whickham in Bloom competition with a first prize Diploma for Excellence in Horticulture in the commercial premises category for the fifth year running and in the Northumbria in Bloom (Communities Growing Together) care category for the second year running.