Eating Out

Kath Campbell with Bestways Jamie Davison and TV presenter Rachel Riley

Major national award for popular North Yorkshire grocer

Have you missed your Saturday night Casualty episodes? BBC confirms return date and releases new winter trailer

When is Casualty coming back to TV for 2023? BBC winter trailer revealed

Are you excited for the return of Vera on ITV for this festive episode?

ITV Vera to see return of 'terrific' character in Christmas special - see TV date

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Your chance to meet Lucy Pittaway

Artist Lucy Pittaway to meet customers and sign artwork at Richmond event

Celebrity Big Brother will be returning sooner than you think

Celebrity Big Brother return date confirmed for 2024 amid big name speculation

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Stephen Mulhern and viewers

Stephen Mulhern & viewers 'can't believe' tonight's £100k Deal or No Deal game

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Dracula (Jacob Ditchburn) and Jonathan Harker (Ralph Booth) on stage at the Church Hall

Why Count Dracula was spotted in this North East town at the weekend

Jack & The Beanstalk opened at the Forum Theatre in Billingham on Saturday, December 2

Record breaking ticket sales for opening weekend of pantomime

Brendan O'Carroll said he would get Agnes Brown a villa in Spain and a Rolls Royce for all she's done for his family

Mrs Brown's Boys star says family owes 'absolutely everything' to show

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The Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream final will take place next week on ITV1 and ITVX.

See who was eliminated in week 7 of Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream on ITV

Who will be the final Skies and Sophies making it to the live final of ITV's Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream?

When is the ITV Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream final? (There’s not long to wait now)

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Black Five the steam locomotive is operating on the Wensleydale railway

All aboard as Wensleydale Railway steams into action - after Christmas

The five doctors who appeared in The Five Doctors, the 20th anniversary show in 1983 with Richard Hurndall on the left with Peter Davidson (seated on robot dog K-9), a waxwork model of Tom Baker, John Pertwee, and Patrick Troughton

LOOKING BACK Meet the Doctor Who who came from Darlo, and when Tom Baker stalked High Row

The meat plate at Salam for two, with the dorho - two chicken legs and a hard boiled egg in a thick, dark sauce, in the centre

EATING OUT REVIEW Using injera and our fingers, we tried the Tees Valley's only Eritrean restaurant...

This is why a Christmas episode of University Challenge has been pulled by the BBC

BBC axe Christmas University Challenge episode after disabled contestants complain

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Mince pies from seven big supermarkets were taste-tested

I tried supermarket mince pies and two are worthy of Christmas glory

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What score can you get? Try this pub quiz to find out

What score can you get - Take this pub quiz to find out

Ian Wright's picture of the Beatles performing at the Globe on November 22, 1963, which the Echo used for its end-of-year teenage magazine

LOOKING BACK Remembering the night Beatlemania and JFK's assassination rocked the Globe

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Enjoy candlelit concerts with orchestra while on tour in region

See who will be hosting This Morning alongside Rylan Clark all next week (December 4-8), even taking Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary's usual Friday timeslot.

Rylan Clark to return to ITV's This Morning next week with new co-host

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Stars of this year's Darlington Hippodrome pantomime, Snow White, turned up for a photoshoot at Redworth Hall

Pantomime season returns to Darlington Hippodrome with star-studded cast

Will you be tuning in to watch Peter Andre co-host this new GB News show?

Peter Andre says it will be a 'joy' to join GB News as co-host for new show

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James Norton will star in the new BBC historical drama King and Conqueror

Happy Valley's James Norton to star in new BBC drama set in Iceland

Quay Corner, which will be opening up in Stockton, has shared several images of how it will look once it starts to welcome customers

New coffee shop 'opening soon' after images shared by owner of café venue

Sarah Lancashire said it was

Sarah Lancashire wins performance of the year award for Happy Valley role

The star said producers “recorded, transcribed and retained” his every word

David Walliams receives apology and settlement from TV bosses in BGT saga

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Do you remember watching Jacqui McQueen on Hollyoaks all those years ago?

Hollyoaks favourite set for 'dramatic' return after 10 years for special episode

Darlington College art and design students join Mayor Jan Cossins and founder of the Arthur Wharton Foundation Shaun Campbell to discuss a Windrush project

Mayor asks Darlington arts students to celebrate Windrush generation

Antiques expert Ronnie Archer-Morgan has become patron of the Swaledale Festival

Famous names become first patrons of Swaledale Festival

Find out who was eliminated from Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream

See who left ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream during week 6 of the show

Bedale Christmas market and lights switch on is being held on Sunday, December 3.

Day of festive fun planned for Bedale Christmas market and lights switch on

Number 29 Tapas Bar on Frenchgate in Richmond

EATING OUT REVIEW What we thought of tapas at this snug restaurant in historic North Yorkshire

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What score can you get? Try this pub quiz to find out

Time to test your general knowledge - It's Pub Quiz time!

Rainbow Scoops, Darlington and owner Arran Last.

Darlington dad of two launches fundraiser to save ice cream business

Suzanne Stirke will be talking aobut her book at Newton Le Willows Village Hall

Cream tea and a good book at North Yorkshire village hall event

The group at the Voyager car park ready to be taken to Brotton to start the walk

Pictures as pub goers take on Gallon Walk for charity

Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden met on the set of Emmerdale and begun dating in 2007

Former Emmerdale co-stars announce split after five years of marriage

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Jodie Whittaker moves on from the role of the Doctor to the character of Tess in One Night

One Night on Paramount+ featuring Jodie Whittaker - cast list and how to watch

Olivia Attwood has starred on Love Island and briefly on I'm a Celebrity.

I'm a Celebrity star Olivia Attwood reveals why she won't watch the new series

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James Norton will play Pete in ITV's new series Playing Nice

Happy Valley actor to play leading role in new ITV series Playing Nice

Napoleon is the 28th film Ridley Scott has directed

Ridley Scott used special technique to decide the length of his Napoleon film

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The George and Dragon at Hudswell

New era for community pub in North Yorkshire which is going back to the future

Work on show from Yore Valley Artists

North Yorkshire exhibition for Yore Valley Artists

Sara Davies will present a new BBC series in 2024 where aspiring inventors can try to make their ideas become a reality

Dragons' Den's Sara Davies to host new BBC show for aspiring inventors - Apply now

Jamie Lynn Spears joined ITV I'm a Celeb for the 23rd series.

Does I'm a Celebrity star Jamie Lynn Spears still talk with her sister Britney?

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Judy Finnigan says she won't be appearing on or watching ITV's This Morning again

Former This Morning presenter Judy Finnigan says she'll never watch the show again

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Poet Rachel Askew

North Yorkshire writer hopes first book of poetry will inspire others

The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson is co-hosting This Morning alongside Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond in a one-off on Monday (November 20).

Duchess of York 'terrified' as she kicks off This Morning hosting debut

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Boat Story follows Janet (Daisy Haggard) and Samuel (Paterson Joseph) after they steal cocaine from a boat that washes up at their sleepy seaside town

All you need to know on BBC's Boat Story with Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph

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Love Train will return to Middlesbrough for a festive special

Love Train disco show 'driving home for Christmas' for huge festive special

Wensleydale Creamery, home to Yorkshire’s most famous cheese

COUNTRYMAN'S DAUGHTER The story of cheesemaking in Wensleydale - and beyond

Darlington Christmas Light Switch On 2023

christmas 2023 Thousands gather to kick off the festive season in Darlington

A fish named Bill, complete with his remarkable moustache, and one of his creators, second year student Sophie

OBJECT OF THE WEEK Meet Bill the fish, a herring with a moustache who is really a detective in disguise

Did the right people leave Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream tonight?

See who left ITV’s Mamma Mia! I Have A Dream during week 5 of the show