IN a first for the area, a new rector for the lower Teesdale Benefice was installed as the Mercury went to press this week. Revd Canon David Tomlinson was licensed…

A CAFÉ and gift shop has won Barnard Castle Meet’s platinum jubilee themed window dressing competition. Clarendon’s took top honours with its display of Queen Elizabeth II with an afternoon…

WOODLAND kicked off a four-day celebration of the Queen’s platinum jubilee with a toddlers afternoon tea at the village hall on Thursday. Children and their families tucked into a sumptuous…

A FAMILY of giant tortoises moved into a specially built home that has been aptly named jubilee house. Sulcata tortoises Link, Shelby, Lucy and Eccles, who have a combined age…