September 25, 2026
Category : News
This week’s Teesdale Mercury is out now
Making the headlines this week: A proposal for a 26-hectare solar farm on the outskirts of Barnard Castle to help power GSK is being recommended for approval Tax payers in…
Calming joy of trekking with alpacas
MEETING Pearl and Gayle, the first thing you notice are their big brown eyes which peer at you from beneath lovely long eyelashes… and then their soft woolly coats. Pearl…
TOYS play with learning skills of musical theatre at summer school
THE dale was alive with the sound of musical theatre when youngsters took part in Teesdale Operatic Society’s youth section (TOYS) summer school at TCR Hub, Barnard Castle.It is the…
Volunteers go into battle against noxious invader on beauty spot
VOLUNTEERS descended on Barnard Castle’s lower Demesnes to pull out poisonous weeds.The small group of the town’s volunteer workers uprooted several dumpy bags of noxious ragwort in an effort to…
Woodland charity plants seed of an idea among town residents
AN initiative to grow 50,000 native broadleaf trees by 2026 received an enthusiastic response when it was unveiled to residents in Barnard Castle.Volunteers with charity Living Woods, which is dedicated…
