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Test Drive: The new Mini Countryman

Test Drive: The new Mini Countryman

ByTeesdale MercuryNov 13, 20244 min read

Ian Lamming lifts the gloom in Mini’s latest Countryman DUSK began half an hour ago and only the sky clings on precariously to the last vestiges of light. At ground…

Test Drive: Mercedes CLE Cabriolet

Test Drive: Mercedes CLE Cabriolet

ByTeesdale MercuryNov 4, 20244 min read

IT’S late and I’m ready for bed…then the phone goes. Number one son has missed the last bus home and, as it’s a nine mile walk along unlit country roads,…

Castle triumph in epic encounter

Castle triumph in epic encounter

ByTeesdale MercuryNov 1, 20243 min read

rugby Barnard Castle Development XV …………….46 Middlesbrough 3rd XV …………………………..40 Barney’s Development XV are developing nicely. So much so, that team manager Paul Davis had a number of replacements at…

Accolade honours Babul’s ‘curry legend’ founder

Accolade honours Babul’s ‘curry legend’ founder

ByTeesdale MercuryOct 27, 20242 min read

THE late Rafique Uddin Babul, the founder of Babul’s Indian restaurant in Barnard Castle, has been recognised with a prestigious national award. The Curry Legend award was given in Rafique’s…