An indoor sport is looking to build its profile in the Tyne Valley. Carpet bowls, a scaled-down version of bowls, has been a mainstay at venues across Tynedale since the 1980s, with long-established ...

Willgress is a self-employed painter and decorator. A role that is well-suited to his other job as a semi-professional bowler, as he needs to take three or four months' holiday a year to play on the ...

The arrival of the world championships in 1999 has made a sizable impact on Hopton-on-Sea, bringing broadband and gas to the wider village, which lies between the coastal towns of Great Yarmouth and ...