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A young man in a navy suit leaning against the wooden benches of a council chamber, arms folded on the rail, looking at the camera
Consett News

At 18, He Speaks for 46,000 Young People

Lucas Wainwright lost his left foot at three years old. By 18 he has been elected to the UK Youth Parliament and won an apprenticeship with Channel 4.
A yoga teacher with dark red hair sitting cross-legged in a lotus position on a mat, smiling at the camera against a lilac wall
Lifestyle

Twenty Years of Teaching People to Breathe

Laura Ridgeon has taught gentle, accessible Hatha Yoga in Lanchester since 2009, with classes at Croft View and monthly Sound Baths.
A view across the Lanchester allotment site showing neat vegetable beds, grass paths, water butts, a greenhouse and allotment holders working in the distance, with village rooftops beyond
Lifestyle

Thirty Plots, and a Waiting List

For more than 100 years the Lanchester allotments have given local people somewhere to grow their own. Thirty plots and a waiting list.
A farmer with a baby in a chest carrier walking up a grass track behind two black and white Holstein cows being brought in for milking
Consett News

Three Generations of Dairy Farming, and Counting

For almost 60 years the Bradley family has farmed the land around Lanchester. Now the Langpark Herd is passing to a third generation.
The front cover of the September 2026 edition of Consett Magazine, showing the Bradley family with their pedigree Holstein dairy cattle at Langpark, Lanchester
Print Editions

September 2026 – Consett Magazine Print Edition

The September 2026 edition of Consett Magazine is out now. Read it in full, with the Bradley family farm on the cover.
A young woman holds a black French bulldog outside The Hound Hygienist salon in Lanchester, beneath a sign reading Dog Teeth Cleaning and Grooming
Business

The Hound Hygienist in Lanchester

Millie has turned her passion for animals into an award-winning career at The Hound Hygienist in Lanchester, combining professional dog grooming with specialist canine dental hygiene.
A woman in a pale blue sun hat reaches up to tend tall deep burgundy poppies in a densely planted garden border
Lifestyle

Inside Roz and Chris’s Hidden Garden

Thirty years ago Roz and Chris turned a concrete parking yard on the edge of Lanchester into a garden of winding paths and deep borders – and the UK’s National Collection of Physocarpus.
Rev. Fr. Vernatius Edih, Parish Priest of All Saints RC Church, standing outside the church in a clerical shirt and collar in front of a white rose bush
History

A Century of Faith and Community at All Saints Church

From Lanchester’s “Tin Church” of 1901 to the building that stands today, All Saints has been at the heart of the community for more than a century. Meet the priest and deacon who serve it now.
A young karate student in a white gi and brown belt holding an open-hand block position during a class in Lanchester
Photographs

Building Confidence Through Karate

At Seiken Ryu Karate Association in Lanchester, 4th Dan instructor Simon Rayner is helping students of all ages build confidence, discipline and fitness – the cover story of our August 2026 edition.
Visitors walking through Willow Burn Hospice Gardens in evening sunshine, with framed portraits from the Communities in Focus exhibition hung on lines strung between the trees
Consett News

Communities in Focus Exhibition Opens at Willow Burn Hospice Gardens

The Communities in Focus summer exhibition is open at Willow Burn Hospice Gardens until 30 August, bringing together portraits and stories from across the Consett area.
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