May 16, 2026
Blogs
Volunteers cook up new community…
THERE was a mouthwatering array of home-baked cakes and sausage rolls on offer at the second,…
Complex’ Barnard Castle 1940s weekend…
MORE people must help to organise Barnard Castle’s annual 1940s weekend, say town councillors who have…
Super six celebrate SATs success
ALL the pupils in one year at a dale primary school are celebrating a big achievement.…
Tuck into a feast of…
ORGANISERS of a historic week-long community event have put together a varied programme of activities with…
In the Mercury this week…
Making the headlines in this week’s Mercury: More than a year after campaigners saved Bede Kirk…
Barnard Castle arts centre in…
A YEAR after a fundraising appeal was launched to keep it open, The Witham is reported…
No justice after B&B guest…
FRUSTRATION with the criminal justice system has led a Barnard Castle guesthouse owner to hold out…
History books written by Barney…
A SERIES of local history books created for children by children has been launched. The books…
Dance classes prove you’re never…
OLDER people in the dale are turning to ballet in their droves to improve their health,…
£220,000 raked in from Barnard…
MOTORISTS have forked out more than £200,000 to park in a Barnard Castle car park during…
Judges cast an eye over…
ORGANISERS on Middleton-in-Teedale’s Northumbria-in-Bloom competition entry are pinning their hopes on a united community effort to…
Barnard Castle chippy cooks up…
A DALE chippy is celebrating inclusion in the UK’s Quality Fish and Chip Shop Guide, the…






















