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MORE beds have been opened at Barnard Castle's Richardson Hospital as the NHS increases capacity to deal with the coronavirus...

SISTERS who dreamt up a letter writing project to ensure the dale's elderly folk were not forgotten during the coronavirus...

YOUNGSTERS across the dale have been using the lockdown to pen letters to older people to help overcome social isolation....

THORPE Farm, at Greta Bridge, has teamed up with Age UK to supply ready meals for the elderly.The service, which...

A DALE geologist has devised a clever long-term exercise in which those who are self-isolating can climb the equivalent of...

AN art teacher is using her skills online to keep families creative during the coronavirus lockdown.Teresa Keeling has already racked...

IF you go out for your daily allocated walk today, you may be in for a big surprise.Teddy bears may...

In this week's Mercury:An evening of live music organised by a group of Dale performers has raised more than £11,000...

AFTER posting a photograph of his friend's haircut online, a Staindrop man says support for his social media group, Covid...

A WOMAN from Teesdale has described in harrowing detail her experience of being stuck in Peru during a two-week virus...