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Flora and Fauna: Indicator of clean air… and a cure for hiccups

Flora and Fauna: Indicator of clean air… and a cure for hiccups

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 26, 20212 min read

Maidenhair Spleenwort Asplenium trichomanesYOU should be pleased whenever you see this delicate little fern since, along with certain mosses, it heralds relatively unpolluted air, and it grows right inside the…

New plans to convert disused barn on outskirts of Winston

New plans to convert disused barn on outskirts of Winston

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 25, 20212 min read

PLANS to turn a disused agricultural barn on the edge of a dale village into a three-bedroom house have been put forward by the Durham Diocesan Board of Finance.Two years…

Campaigners highlight vital HIV tests

Campaigners highlight vital HIV tests

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 25, 20212 min read

TWO committed campaigners have “given HIV the finger” in a bid to encourage more people to get tested at home for the human immunodeficiency virus.As part of a national HIV…

Lifeline cash to safeguard YMCA’s work in the dale

Lifeline cash to safeguard YMCA’s work in the dale

ByTeesdale MercuryFeb 24, 20213 min read

A FUNDING lifeline has been handed to a dale organisation so it can continue to provide vital support to young and old people in Teesdale. Without the cash, Teesdale YMCA…