en-gb Since 1854, the Teesdale Mercury has been the voice of Teesdale, reporting local news and events to a loyal readership. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/images/teesdale-120_60.gif http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/ http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/ AN explosion in demand from people in financial crisis has led to a Teesdale advice organisation making an appeal for help. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2175.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:38:07 GTM Teesdale News VISIT St Michael’s Church, in Barningham, during a normal Sunday service and only a handful of people will be there. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2174.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:19 GTM Teesdale News HENS that have lost their feathers in battery farms are being given knitted jumpers – thanks to a group of friends from a village in Teesdale. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2173.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:36:42 GTM Teesdale News Plans to scrap a Teesdale primary school crossing patrol have been slammed as “penny pinching and dangerous” as opposition to the proposals gathers pace. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2171.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:33:29 GTM Teesdale News THE expenses of Teesdale’s MP have again come under the spotlight – and some of her claims have provoked a backlash from residents. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2169.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:31:36 GTM Teesdale News YOBS who tied wire across a busy road are putting lives in danger, a motorist says after her car skidded off the road because of the sick prank. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2168.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:31:12 GTM Teesdale News THE TEMPTING smell of fish and chips is once more wafting around a Teesdale village after a local man decided to fire up the fryers on a new venture. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2161.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:14:48 GTM Teesdale News THE speed limit outside a school in Barnard Castle will be increased – despite objections from residents and an MP. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2159.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:08:12 GTM Teesdale News THREE decorated scarecrows are feared “kidnapped” after they disappeared from a Teesdale village at the weekend. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2158.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:07:22 GTM Teesdale News A senior police officer from Teesdale has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2157.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:06:08 GTM Teesdale News A PRIMARY school crossing patrol is being scrapped as part of council plans “to provide a better service for the public”. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2156.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:04:58 GTM Teesdale News ONE of the best-known buildings in the upper dale is to be brought into the 21st century  in an ambitious £780,000 scheme. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2155.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:03:59 GTM Teesdale News A postmistress is facing a bill of more than £2,000 after a Post Office blunder over a free-to-use cash machine. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2154.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:02:44 GTM Teesdale News A COUPLE giggled through their baar-my wedding when two lambs were bridesmaids. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2153.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:01:09 GTM Teesdale News FTER preaching in Nigeria, Croatia and London, an African priest said he is looking forward to the new challenge of working in Teesdale. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2152.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:00:04 GTM Teesdale News VILLAGERS say they are sad to see the demise of a community centre that has served people living in a remote part of the dale for 30 years. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2151.html Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:58:51 GTM Teesdale News A METAL fabrication firm that went into administration has been bought out. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2150.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:54:31 GTM Teesdale News GLAXO employees who were due to be made redundant from the firm’s Barnard Castle factory have been kept on to work on a new vaccine for swine flu. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2149.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:40:44 GTM Teesdale News FIFTY houses have been raided and more than 50 arrests made during a major police crackdown on crime in Teesdale. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2148.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:40:12 GTM Teesdale News Scores of police officers and volunteers swept through Teesdale this month in the biggest ever operation of its kind in the country. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2147.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:39:26 GTM Teesdale News THE accident and emergency department at Bishop Auckland Hospital will be closed before the end of the year, it has been announced. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2146.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:38:55 GTM Teesdale News AN old water pump in West Auckland was officially unveiled as a war memorial on Sunday. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2145.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:38:32 GTM Teesdale News A MAJOR television series about the life of Charles Dickens will feature parts of Teesdale visited by the author. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2144.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:37:59 GTM Teesdale News DAIRY farmers in Teesdale have lost thousands of pounds after one of the country’s biggest milk producers went bust. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2143.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:36:54 GTM Teesdale News Reporter Kaye Jemmeson discovers that dale group, the Swingalongs, are still on top form despite years away from the limelight  GROUP of women who became renowned throughout the dale for their high kicks, witty monologues and dulcet tones are living proof that back in the 70s and 80s, variety was most definitely the spice of life. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2142.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:36:07 GTM Teesdale News A VILLAGE conservation group has branched out into book publishing. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2141.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:35:36 GTM Teesdale News RESIDENTS in upper Teesdale have proved that people power can work after successfully petitioning the council to provide them with better waste facilities. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2140.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:35:16 GTM Teesdale News VILLAGERS who have been left with reduced bus services for more than a year could be granted a reprieve. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2139.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:34:35 GTM Teesdale News POLICE have “set up camp” in a lay-by to stop Travellers trespassing in the area – and senior officers hope to use hard-line tactics to deal with possible flashpoints. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2138.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:33:11 GTM Teesdale News HE sun begins to find its way through the trees as a teenage lad plays with his dog in the River Tees. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2137.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:32:26 GTM Teesdale News STEPHEN Ansbro has talent – a very unusual talent. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2136.html Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:59:13 GTM Teesdale News A historic film of the Barnard Castle Meet festival has been unearthed at a house in the town. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2135.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:21:24 GTM Teesdale News BARNARD Castle’s public toilets may be reopened after the new unitary council agreed to consider the proposal. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2134.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:43:46 GTM Teesdale News A North East MEP has added his voice to protests against plans to build wind turbines in Teesdale. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2133.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:42:48 GTM Teesdale News A SPECIAL assembly was held at a Teesdale school to bid a fond farewell to a governor who had dedicated 35 years of her life to improving the lives of pupils. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2132.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:42:25 GTM Teesdale News ONE of Teesdale’s most spectacular avenues of trees is under threat of being lost forever, a parish councillor has warned. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2131.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:40:55 GTM Teesdale News COMMUNITY leaders have met to discuss a sports club’s plea about the future of a ground that is falling into disrepair due to vandal attacks. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2130.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:40:16 GTM Teesdale News A BUS company has hit back at claims that its drivers don’t know their way around Teesdale and that vehicles break down too often. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2129.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:39:33 GTM Teesdale News HIGH-TECH solar signs aimed at reducing car smashes at an accident blackspot have been put out of action by vandals less than three months after being installed. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2128.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:39:01 GTM Teesdale News THE Conservatives have won a by-election in Teesdale. http://www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/teesdale-news/story,2127.html Fri, 05 Jun 2009 11:44:41 GTM Teesdale News