February 6, 2026

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Category : Features

Making the most of a second chance at life

Making the most of a second chance at life

ByTeesdale MercuryAug 26, 2023

A lung transplant has given trainee reporter Sam Alexander the chance to make his dreams of a life in journalism come true FEBRUARY 21, 2020 – the day that saved…

Calming joy of trekking with alpacas

Calming joy of trekking with alpacas

ByTeesdale MercuryAug 23, 2023

MEETING Pearl and Gayle, the first thing you notice are their big brown eyes which peer at you from beneath lovely long eyelashes… and then their soft woolly coats. Pearl…

Volunteers go into battle against noxious invader on beauty spot

Volunteers go into battle against noxious invader on beauty spot

ByMartin PaulAug 21, 2023

VOLUNTEERS descended on Barnard Castle’s lower Demesnes to pull out poisonous weeds.The small group of the town’s volunteer workers uprooted several dumpy bags of noxious ragwort in an effort to…

A tragic suicide in Australia revealed in Teesdale cemetery

A tragic suicide in Australia revealed in Teesdale cemetery

ByTeesdale MercuryJun 2, 2023

After reading the recent Remember When on the history of the Black Horse, in Barnard Castle, I was reminded of research I did several years ago into the Harrison family…

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