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Barnard Castle WIMEMBERS met on Monday, August 19, for an evening walk around the town.Peter Singer - a local historian...

PREPARATIONS for an exhibition on one of the dale's best-loved characters are revealing much about what life was like in...

Merchant Navy Day on Tuesday, September 3, will be marked at the Galgate Memorial Garden, in Barnard Castle. Among those...

Andy Hudson, the governor of Deerbolt Young Offenders' Institution, has been in his post for a year. David Wibberley caught...

A COMMENDABLE compilation of reader' photographs celebrating the essence of Teesdale makes up the Mercury's 2020 calendar.All photographs inside the...

A RECENTLY discovered historic map is shedding new light on the upper Gaunless Valley's past.The map, which was drawn up...

THE tale of how three Teesdale families became kingpins of the cheese trade in London in the 18th and 19th...

SOME 27 individuals and groups have be shortlisted for this year's Pride of Teesdale Awards.The annual awards, organised by the...

In an occasional column, Dorothy Blundell takes a sideways personal look at what goes on behind the scenes at The...

ADULTS with mental health issues are finding solace in the natural beauty of a dale wood.People with problems ranging from...