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A tricky card game dummies can play

A tricky card game dummies can play

ByTeesdale MercuryAug 20, 20243 min read

What do James Bond, Mahatma Ghandi and Bill Gates have in common? Answer: They all loved the mental challenge required to play bridge. Veteran player Tony Craig explains some of…

Test Drive: VW Tiguan

Test Drive: VW Tiguan

ByTeesdale MercuryAug 19, 20244 min read

IT’S got be said, I’m annoyed with the boy again and he is making me drive angrily. Teenage boys just don’t seem to have a body-clock like the rest of…

Uncle Arthur… the Barnard Castle MP and Labour Party founder

Uncle Arthur… the Barnard Castle MP and Labour Party founder

ByTeesdale MercuryAug 18, 20248 min read

Following Labour’s victory at the recent election local historian David Croom has been looking into the history of the Barnard Castle MP who was one of Labour’s founding members LABOUR have…

Local producers still delivering the goods

Local producers still delivering the goods

ByTeesdale MercuryAug 17, 20243 min read

Barnard Castle Farmers’ Market has stood the test of time and this year celebrates its 25th anniversary. Editor Stuart Laundy reports. CAKE-baker Alison Sayer well remembers the first farmers’ market…