August 3, 2026
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In this week’s Mercury
Making the headlines this week: Wetheriggs Animal Rescue has been forced to close due to a…
Clique hands outn £8,500 to…
A CHARITY group has handed over cheques totalling £8,500 to organisations and sporting clubs, despite a…
Helen rolls with it to…
A TOWN toilet twinning scheme is flushed with success after the organisers signed up the 50th…
£97,000 grant for repairs to…
RABY Castle has been awarded £97,426 to help carry out critical repairs to its keep.The Historic…
Giving tree’ will support dale…
A SUPERMARKET has installed a festive fundraiser so customers can donate to a dale charity as…
Plea for return of residential…
HIGHWAYS officials have been accused of “backwards thinking” by Barnard Castle residents who have been banned…
Flora and fauna: Salad days…
Chicory (Chicorium intybus)IN the summer of 1966, while England was struggling towards the World Cup final,…
Barnard Castle Farmers’ Market aims…
ORGANISERS of Barnard Castle Farmers’ Market hope acting on feedback they received 12 months ago will…
Match made in heaven as…
PROCEEDS from an impromptu auction of a packet of cigarettes at a funeral wake have been…
Schools lock horns as part…
A TWO-year programme to encourage more of the dale’s youngsters to play rugby – and provide…
Stop No 98 sees Robin…
A COMEDIAN who is more accustomed to performing in front of thousands settled for an audience…
Captain’s armband honour for Owen
A FORMER dale resident has been appointed captain of the England Blind Football team.Owen Bainbridge, who…
