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HUNDREDS of painted river stones that captured the mood of people in Barnard Castle during the Covid-19 lockdown have gone...

A DALE primary school is in the running to be named the best in England.Staindrop Primary School is one of...

BARNARD Castle's floral displays won praise from visitors and residents alike during the Covid-hit summer.However, according to the town councillor...

YMCA Teesdale is to give up its Barnard Castle premises because of financial stress, but officers have vowed to continue...

A DALE resident who turned daily exercise into a charity effort has raised a few quid for a good cause...

SOME of the best photographs of the dale have been included in the Mercury's 2021 calendar which is now on...

METHODISTS across the dale welcomed a new minister to their ranks this month.Revd Graham Cutler, who has spent the past...

TOP officers from the Diocese of Durham visited Middleton-in-Teesdale's medieval church last week to see first-hand the devastating impact dry...

THE crashes and bangs of HGVs thundering over sunken strips along Staindrop's main street is keeping people awake at night.The...

A COMPLETE refurbishment of a grade-II listed memorial fountain in the upper dale may be put on the back-burner because...