August 3, 2026
Blogs
This week’s Teesdale Mercury
What’s in the Teesdale Mercury this week? Tributes to a sporting stalwart who died just days…
Ex-England rugby star is back…
As the global spotlight falls on another Rugby World Cup, Barnard Castle School prepares to lift…
Expansion for arts and crafts…
A BARNARD Castle arts and craft business has expanded to allow for more workshops ro be…
Public meeting over out-of-hours service…
TEESDALE’S MP is to host a public meeting about the closure of Richardson Hospital’s out-of-hours service.…
Self respect and fair play…
NEW judo classes have been launched a dale community centre. Coach Adrian Harding is hosting sessions…
Closure of bridge ‘catastrophic’ for…
ONLY a month after a historic bridge was shut because of a safety defect, a dale…
Ernie hopes to carve out…
A SERIES of craft workshops is not only helping a history group come up with ideas…
Farming matters: ‘When disaster strikers,…
RECENTLY, I was down south, bemoaning the odd rain shower. While I was there, terrible flash…
Author Phil’s got plenty of…
THE author of a memoir which has been published across the globe will be returning to…
Project to bring faster broadband…
A YEAR long attempt to get superfast broadband in a dale village has ended in failure.…
Volunteers needed to keep Gainford’s…
A VILLAGE post office could be forced to reduce its opening hours, or even potentially close,…
Packhorse bridge and original channel…
Northumbrian Water has reduced the level of Grassholme Reservoir for “investigations and preparation works” ahead of…






















