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M6 junction closure to bring more travel headaches

M6 junction closure to bring more travel headaches

ByTeesdale MercuryMar 3, 2026

Plans to close a vital motorway junction in Cumbria will have a potential impact on drivers and passengers from Teesdale.

John Miller: A community champion

John Miller: A community champion

ByTeesdale MercuryOct 10, 2025

The upper dale has lost a community champion after a battle with leukaemia. Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin parish councillor John Miller was 80 when he died last month. In his time,…

Barnard Castle bar aims for fresh start

Barnard Castle bar aims for fresh start

ByTeesdale MercuryOct 9, 2025

A Barnard Castle bar is seeking to shed its reputation as a late-night drinking venue after it was summoned to a licensing hearing.

Help turn Barnard Castle pink for cancer research

Help turn Barnard Castle pink for cancer research

ByTeesdale MercuryOct 7, 2025

Barnard Castle is turning pink next month in support of cancer research.

Bid for illuminated signs for new village store refused

Bid for illuminated signs for new village store refused

ByMartin PaulOct 6, 2025

A request to install illuminated hand-painted signs on a Grade-II listed building in Staindrop has been refused. Theepan Rasalingam had previously been granted permission by Durham County Council to convert…