SOME 300 families enjoyed a free jubilee party at Toft Hill’s Explorers Day Care Centre ahead of the bank holiday weekend. Children enjoyed various games with the parents including hook-a-duck,…

PUPILS at Cotherstone School got up close and personal with a range of unusual creatures as part of a pre-school project about mini-beasts Children were introduced to Bellatrix, the curly-haired…

STAINDROP residents came out in droves on Saturday, picnicking on the village green as part of celebrations to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee. A volunteer committee organised a range of…

IN a first for the area, a new rector for the lower Teesdale Benefice was installed as the Mercury went to press this week. Revd Canon David Tomlinson was licensed…