Ashley Barnard

Richmond

Community Content Editor and Reporter at The Northern Echo

Community Content Editor at The Northern Echo Teessider living in North Yorkshire [email protected]

Articles

Simon’s Butchers Bishop Auckland has an eye for quality

2 days ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

Simon Hill at Simon’s Butchers in Bishop Auckland Picture: STUART BOULTON A butcher who learned his trade across several firms in the region has made the top then of The Northern Echo’s Best Farm Shop, Deli and Butcher competition. Simon Hill, 42, has been running Simon’s Butchers in Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, for nine years – but has been in the trade since he was 14 years old.
Firefighter and butcher helps family-run County Durham shop to competiton final

5 days ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

2 1/1 A RETAINED firefighter who has also been a butcher since he was a teenager has made the top ten of The Northern Echo’s Best Farm Shop, Deli and Butcher competition. McFarlane Family Butcher, based in Horse Market, Barnard Castle, is run by Stuart McFarlane but is a proper family affair. Stuart, 45, started his butchery career when he was 16 at K Tarn Family Butchers in the town, making burgers and sausages in the school holidays.
Your ten best farm shops, butchers and delis across County Durham and Darlington

1 week ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

The Northern Echo's best farm shop, butcher and deli (Image: Newsquest) IN APRIL we asked our readers to tell us their favourite farms shops, butchers and delis across County Durham and Darlington – and we can now announce the top ten.
School's sports teams get new kits thanks to sponsorship from local businesses

2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

2 1/1 A SCHOOL is well prepared to show off its sporting prowess now students have been kitted out with new shirts thanks to local sponsorship. Harry Beresford, Richmond School & Sixth Form College’s girls football development coordinator, and Helen Southgate, joint lead teacher of PE, have secured a new kit for every year group.
Pupils demonstrate flair for art at primary school as special project ends

2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

West View Primary School pupils are pictured with some of the framed artwork on display PUPILS have demonstrated their flair for art during a special project which has also raised funds for the school. West View Primary School in Hartlepool recently became an Arts Award Centre – an initiative run by Trinity College London – to inspire young people to develop their art and leadership talents.
Can you spot yourself in our gallery of pictures of Darlington in the early 2000s?

2 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

9 1/1 EACH week, we dive into The Northern Echo's archives to create a gallery of nostalgic pictures. Youngsters from the Red Hall Partnership Summer Play Scheme play rounders in a nearby park in Darlington, in July 2003 This week, we take a look at children enjoying their local parks and school events in the early 2000s.
Nominations are now open for The Northern Echo's best farm, deli or butcher shop

3 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

NOMINATIONS are now open in the The Northern Echo's search for the best farm, deli or butcher shop in Darlington and County Durham. Our region has some fantastic producers and sellers of delicious food, and some of the best places to find them are a farm shop. But because they come in many different guises, we've opened up this category to include delis and butchers too.
One of the north east's biggest leisure facilities make top ten in our search

3 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

Planet Leisure, Newton Aycliffe pictured manager Oliver Johnson (Image: Sarah Caldecott) A planet of action-packed leisure facilities has made the top ten of The Northern Echo's Best Indoor Family Entertainment competition. Planet Leisure, in Maple Way, Newton Aycliffe, boasts laser quest, a trampoline park, roller skating, bowling alley, crazy golf and arcade games.
Darlington skate park for young adrenaline seekers hits top ten

3 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

Best of pictured Will Greaves and Olly Graham of 4Motion, Darlington ONE of the largest and best skate parks in the region has made the top ten of The Northern Echo’s Best of Indoor Family Entertainment competition. 4Motion, at Faverdale, Darlington, is run by Olly Graham, but was opened around 10 years ago by Nigel Potter who saw the need for the facility in the town, which now has 25,000 users a year.
Darlington charity among finalists in family entertainment poll

4 weeks ago | thenorthernecho.co.uk | Ashley Barnard

2 1/1 A charity which specialises in giving children access to the best theatre and creative activities has made the top ten of The Northern Echo's Best Indoor Family Entertainment competition. Theatre Hullabaloo, in Darlington, is a registered charity and one of the UK’s leading children’s arts organisations.