August 3, 2026
Blogs
Milking it at Romaldkirk Fair
A COW named Daisy was a big hit with visitors at a village fete when she…
Annual Hutton Magna scarecrow fair…
GIANT pandas, pink flamingos and cows with wellies were just some of the creatures on show…
Museum’s Spanish art treasures head…
A SELECTION of The Bowes Museum’s Spanish paintings are being prepared for a journey to America.…
Residents fight to ‘protect’ Cotherstone…
MORE than 60 objections have been lodged after plans for a housing development on the edge…
Bridge closes for months as…
MOTORISTS using a historic suspension bridge to cross the River Tees face up to 12 months…
This week’s Teesdale Mercury
This week’s paper is out now and it leads with news of a Durham County Council…
Deerbolt to shut? It’s here…
Andy Hudson, the governor of Deerbolt Young Offenders’ Institution, has been in his post for a…
Planning inspector rejects developer’s bid…
A DEVELOPER’S latest bid to build 16 homes in a Teesdale village has been rejected by…
Egrets… we’ve have a few
A VISITOR more common to southerly climates has been spotted in Teesdale. A little egret has…
Getting by with a little…
A dale farmer has turned to selling meat direct to customers after ill health forced him…
Three-day festival of wellbeing hopes…
PREPARATIONS for a three-day festival which aims to leave participants feeling great are well underway with…






















