In this week’s Mercury
The efforts of hundreds of people who backed a campaign to force a rethink over plans to close Barnard Castle’s NatWest branch have come to nothing after bank bosses confirmed it would close on May 31
Mark Hobson is cycling to France for a special reason – to place his grandmother’s ashes at the grave of the husband she lost in the Second World War
A plan to install traffic lights at the Harmire Road junction in Barnard Castle has been ditched
Parish councillors in Cockfield are to get the ball rolling on plans to extend the £120,000 Pauline Charlton sports pavilion
Meet the dale Scouts who have been selected to take part in next year’s World Jamboree in the USA
Efforts are bing made to boost the number of salmon in the Tees – a river now classed as ‘at risk’
In sport, it’s a soggy start for the town’s bowlers as they head outdoors, plus rugby, cricket, football shooting, darts, pool, pigeon racing and athletics.
Plus, all your letters, family announcements, jobs and business plus the best read what’s on guide in the dale… all in this week’s Mercury.
