In this week's Teesdale Mercury

Residents in Toft Hill turned out in force to voice their opposition to plans for 100 new homes in the village.

The Mercury's Win A Wedding competition winners have set the date when they will tie the knot – we catch up with them to find out how preparations are going.

More than £1,100 was raised at the first of a series of fundraising events inspired by the plight of a poorly Gainford boy.

In Cockfield, a new set of rules is to be drawn up for the village allotments in the wake of a long-running row over the state of untidy plots, while in Barnard Castle, a request to keep bees on an allotment has created quite a buzz.

An updated 'masterplan' for Barnard Castle has been criticised as being 'littered with errors'.

A speedwatch campaign found that one in five drivers was going over the limit at the entrance to Middleton-in-Teesdale.

In sport, we meet the Staindrop teenager who has broken into Darlington FC's first team.

We've four pages of What's On news and pictures, including the most extensive events guide for the dale.

Plus, all your letters, business and jobs, seven pages of property, family notices, our ever-popular Remember When feature, farming and marts and loads more.

All in this week's Mercury.