In this week’s Mercury…
Dale holiday venues are offering a free weekend getaway for exhausted NHS workers
Farmers come up with a remarkable solution to ensure social distancing at a rural hotel
Rotters plan a new eco-centre to showcase the best in green design
Teesdale School rated the best state-fund school in the North East
Artisan brewer is gobsmacked at the response to his crowdfunding plea to extend his tap room
69-year-old is running 100 miles in 30 days in honour of his dad who died with mixed dementia
Dale role model Susan Bainbridge is honoured by England cricketers
Enterprising Mickleton youngster starts his own radio station to escape the lockdown blues
Wetheriggs Animal Centre reopens after a successful trial run
In sport we meet 10-year-old Amber Holt who scored 23 goals in just 17 games in her debut for Durham Women FC and Barney cricketers start their season with an interclub match.
And we have a stack of readers’ letters, community news and our ever-popular Remember When feature.
