Win a wedding couple's dream day... and Teesdale School's executive headteacher says she has 'no doubt' it will soon be the best in the North East

This week’s 64-page Teesdale Mercury is out today and includes a 24-page rural life supplement with eight pages from Eggleston Show. A bargain for 85p, well we think so!

Here are a few of the headlines:

Teesdale School’s executive headteacher explains her plans to make it the “best school in the North East”.

Dream day for couple who’ve been through so much – pictures from the wedding of James Layton and Lisa Clement, the winners of the Teesdale Mercury and Lartington Hall’s win a £10,000 wedding contest.

Wrangle over red tape for Barney businesses.

We thought our son was dying before our eyes’.

Why Eggleston Show is leaving its current site.

County’s last remaining DLI may close unless members come up with a fresh plan.
Housing expansion for dale village.

Proposal to create car-free zone on the Demesnes, Barnard Castle.

Ball honours memory of ‘inspirational’ Cara.

Funds cut in real terms for dale schools, protests MP.

Danny brews up a spot in the Good Beer Guide.

Talks over jobs at Richardson Hospital.

'I found God on the battlefields of Bosnia’ – meet the dale’s new vicar.

Was pub built with stone taken from the victims of the plague?

‘We’ve been let down by the police over vandalism’. That’s the feeling of villagers in Toft Hill and Etherley.

Plus letters, community news, what’s on, and four pages of sport.