May 18, 2026
Blogs
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Sat-nav’ to blame for HGV’s…
A LORRY driver has blamed a satellite navigation (sat-nav) system and bad advice from locals for…
What’s making the news as…
Headlines in this week’s Mercury include: A huge surge in support for The Witham throughout 2019…
Sensational sensory room is perfect…
CHRISTMAS has come early this year for one upper dale family whose son was left brain-damaged…
Lights thieves can’t dim village…
EXCITEMENT over Cockfield’s exceptional festive illuminations was dampened when thieves made off with some of the…
Lunch club gets into the…
STARTFORTH Lunch Club members enjoyed carols by nursery school pupils and entertainment by musicians at their…
Bus drivers are just the…
A TEAM of bus drivers will be spreading festive cheer to help a Gainford family find…
Nativity scene found hidden under…
ART experts have experienced a “Christmas miracle” after discovering what could be a 16th century painting…
Children light up church service
ST MARY’S Church, in Cockfield, held a special Christingle service for the village primary school. Parents,…
Party time for Cockfield’s old…
COCKFIELD’S senior citizens were invited back to school for an annual Christmas party. Members of the…
Cherry melts hearts of judges
A PHOTOGENIC cavapoo called Cherry melted the hearts of judges in a doggy Christmas pageant. There…
Tree survives winds and vandal…
A COMMUNITY’S Christmas tree has not had a great start to the festive season after first…
Tributes to radical thinker
TRIBUTES have been paid to Durham’s Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner. Ron Hogg died last week…
