This week’s Teesdale Mercury is out now and it leads with news that HGVs may be banned from Toft Hill, as well as the amazing milestone that Teesdale’s branch of Cancer Research UK has reached in raising £1million since it started.
Here are the headlines elsewhere…
Firearm court case latest.
£1,000 bill for turning on a tap.
Art venue to say farewell to Katy.
Royal seal of approval for firm’s invention.
Anger at NatWest’s ‘disdain’ for customers.
Fresh fears of A67 landslip.
Children beat adults in short story contest.
Theft of pigeons worth £3,000.
Efforts to promote services at hospital.
Staindrop primary shortlisted for creative school of the year award.
Getting enough staff is the biggest problem for Barnard Castle firm as it marks 25th anniversary.
Fresh start as local couple take charge of village pub.
Free entry to the castle in June.
Plea over loose horses after pitch invasion.
Six-week-old Fox thinks it’s human.
Plus letters, what’s on, Remember When, farming and marts, community news, puzzles – and three pages of sport including a cricket season preview.