From this newspaper 100 years ago.

Topics of the week: The news from Biarritz. Rough, cold, disagreeable weather and a slight cold in the head have been keeping King Edward indoors at Biarritz. At most, all he has done is to go for a run in his motor car to the Cote des Basques and sit in whatever sunshine was about.

From this newspaper 50 years ago. – It seems possible that Richmond, for long a centre for those visiting the Dales, shortly to become a dormitory suburb of Teesside, at least in a small way. Private building, carried on only spasmodically in recent years, is now going ahead on a considerable scale.

From this newspaper 25 years ago. – Seven Wensleydale men will be part of a team of underground experts which Durham County Council hopes will be able to open up a former lead mine to the public. The 20-strong team, led by Mr David Carlisle, expects to start work next Saturday, clearing a major rockfall, more than 100 yards inside the four-foot wide Park Level, at Killhope Mine, in Upper Weardale.

From this newspaper 10 years ago. – Otters got the key of the door in Great Ayton yesterday. As part of a commitment to wildlife and environmental projects, Wimpey Homes had funded a scheme to build two otter holts in the banks of the River Leven. The river is a central feature of Wimpey’s Ayton Friends development of apartments in the village.