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A dip into the Mercury's photo archives this week unearthed a couple of musical memories from yesteryear - one from...

RESIDENTS in Barnard Castle are to be asked whether a piece of the town's social history should be saved for...

FOR many people in Teesdale the armistice was not an end to their worries and their suffering.Armed forces personnel were...

"PEACE on earth." Singing those words during the Christmas season in 1918 must have meant so much to families in...

TV history sleuths have been searching the River Tees in Barnard Castle for evidence of a 16th century siege and...

A community spirited dale woman says she is relishing the challenge in turning a former nursery building into the "beating...

AUTUMN 1918 finally brought the longed-for peace.The dale had marked the Armistice along with the rest of the country with...

DRAMATIC images of heather burning in the dale have resulted in a national accolade for a Marwood photographer.Top landscape photographer...

THE joy of listening to an old fashioned vinyl album has led to the formation of a new group at...

The population of hedgehogs is suffering an alarming decline. Reporter Nicky Carter found out how an animal rescue centre is...