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AN Elizabethan manor house and its dovecote in Teesdale have been officially removed from English Heritage's At Risk register, along...

VOLUNTEER guides at The Bowes Museum have been recognised as being among the best in the country.They have been highly...

This week's Mercury includes a free glossy lifestyle magazine.Here are the headlines in the main paper:Avian flu outbreak leads to...

COUNCIL chiefs are still scratching their heads over what to do with a £540,000 state-of-the-art community building that's been empty...

NEVER before seen film of Romaldkirk in the 1930s, which was saved from the skip, has been restored and will...

MOUNTAINEER Alan Hinkes was invited to an evening at the Napalese Embassy in Kensington Palace Gardens.Present were dignitaries, ambassadors, ministers,...

DEHENNA Davison, MP for the Bishop Auckland constituency, has today announced that she will be standing down at the next...

A YOUNG dale farmer has overcome a huge health scare to be crowned one of the country's best sheep shearers.Jack...

A HAPPY couple tied the knot at the foot of High Force, in Upper Teesdale - 16 months after groom...

A PARISH council will contribute cash towards legal fees to secure a 25-year lease on village play area.Gainford Activity Park,...