The front page this week
The front page this week

Here are the headlines in this week’s Teesdale Mercury:

Store wars: Lidl accuses Morrisons of trying to retain its monopoly on food shopping in Barnard Castle after the supermarket giant tried to block plans for a retail park on the edge of town.

Woman dies in A66 crash.

Bid for Barney HGV permit scheme is dealt a blow – but Market Cross is whacked by a lorry... again.

Plans for 210 houses are ‘an estate too far’ for Startforth.

Proposals for wind turbine near Scargill.

Landowner wants to sell century-old allotments in Evenwood.

Mobile phone coverage may improve in remote area of Teesdale.

Health chiefs probe claims about Richardson’s out-of-hours centre.

Meditation teacher gives paws for thought with book about capturing spiritual minds of pets.

The great German bake-off: Student wows customers in Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Dale chippies cook up a brace of top awards – accolades for Katie’s Fish and Chips, and Middleton chippy.

Green Lane Primary School performance in St Mary’s Church – picture special.

Plus community news, five pages of what’s on, four pages of farming news, and four pages of sport including rugby and football from across the Teesdale area.