It may have been a summer to forget for most people, but the mixture of sunshine and showers was a godsend for a Hartlepool woman who scooped first prize in a popular housing association competition.
Eleanor Nottingham beat off challenges from green-fingered people across the region to win the annual Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association (DAMHA) pot plant competition.
The 66-year-old, who lives in Ryehill Gardens, Hartlepool, spends an average of two hours each day tending her garden and h...
