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Test Drive: The New Genesis GV80

Test Drive: The New Genesis GV80

ByTeesdale MercuryApr 5, 20234 min read

Ian Lamming is in high company with the latest Genesis GV80 THE tourist and his wife walk slowly up the museum drive. A car catches his eye, my car or…

Revealed – the number of HGVs flouting weight limit on County Bridge

Revealed – the number of HGVs flouting weight limit on County Bridge

ByTeesdale MercuryMar 31, 20232 min read

CAMERAS on the County Bridge, in Barnard Castle, caught 97 lorry drivers flouting the weight limit in just over two months.The HGVs ignored the 7.5 tonne ban between October 26…

The Bowes Museum defends its stance over The Castle Players after summer…

The Bowes Museum defends its stance over The Castle Players after summer…

ByTeesdale MercuryMar 30, 20233 min read

THE director of The Bowes Museum has acknowledged the “sense of frustration and disappointment” after The Castle Players cancelled their summer production following a row over costs and conditions.For the…

I do it from the heart, says Sam after selling poppies since…

I do it from the heart, says Sam after selling poppies since…

ByTeesdale MercuryMar 30, 20231 min read

AN 84-year-old veteran from Barnard Castle has been praised for collecting for the Poppy Appeal since the 1950s.Sam Henderson agreed to step in to help with collections for the British…