CHILDREN from a school in West Auckland narrowly missed out on winning gold for their gardening efforts at the first time of asking in the Northumbria-in-Bloom competition.Oakley Cross Primary School…

A few of the headlines in week’s Teesdale Mercury which is out now and includes a 48-page lifestyle magazine. David and Goliath… Storm brews over Middleton-in-Teesdale beer-maker’s ‘Dark Sky’ name…

PEOPLE in Woodland have been given valuable first aid lessons in memory of a much-loved resident.The village has three defibrillators, two fixed and one mobile, which were sponsored following the…

A GROUP of tractor enthusiasts plan to show off their vintage farm equipment and shed their clothes for a risque calendar in aid of charity.The friends from Hamsterley Social Club,…