en-gb The Wear Valley Mercury is the local newspaper for the Wear Valley district of County Durham. It serves Crook, Willington, Tow Law, West Auckland, Weardale and the surrounding areas. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/images/wear-valley-120_60.gif http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/ http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/ A CROOK man says he would be dead if he hadn't moved out of his mouldy old house after a three-year battle with landlords. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1860.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:18:41 BST Wear Valley News POLICE took to the streets of Bishop Auckland this week to show young drivers the dangers of driving fast. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1859.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:15:49 BST Wear Valley News PLANS to build a Tesco superstore in St Helen Auckland couldn't be discussed this week because Durham County Council forgot to invite objectors to the meeting. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1858.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:13:43 BST Wear Valley News A CROOK woman who turns 100 on Monday says the key to a long life is to eat your vegetables. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1857.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:12:27 BST Wear Valley News A POPULAR priest was wished a fond farewell by Greater Willington Town Council this week as he moved to pastures new. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1856.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:10:50 BST Wear Valley News A STREET cleaner has been hailed as a hero for saving a family from a flooded car while a leisure centre manager sacrificed her run around to save more than 30 customers in Bishop Auckland this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1855.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:09:29 BST Wear Valley News NEIGHBOURS of Tow Law Football Club fear a 15m wind turbine will affect their health and has no place in a residential area. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1854.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:07:06 BST Wear Valley News A COKEWORKS has been fined £12,500 for polluting a Crook beck with red diesel. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1853.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:06:14 BST Wear Valley News PIRATES pillaged Peases West Primary School this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1852.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:05:22 BST Wear Valley News A TEENAGE actor from Bishop Auckland is celebrating after being selected from hundreds of hopefuls to take part in the National Youth Theatre summer workshop. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1851.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:04:06 BST Wear Valley News TEENAGERS in Willington have photographed the positive and negative aspects of their town to show to local councillors. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1850.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:01:40 BST Wear Valley News WOLSINGHAM Parish Council will maintain its objection to a house being built on an historic site in the town after developers asked to add 6sqm to the plans. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1849.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:55:00 BST Wear Valley News IF you drive through any country village in England, the chances are you will pass a church appealing for money to fix its roof. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1848.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:52:27 BST Wear Valley News THREE of the country's most iconic artists will visit West Auckland next month to design a sculpture celebrating a team of miners winning the world cup 100 years ago. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1847.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:50:09 BST Wear Valley News LOCAL publicans raised £750 for Macmillan Cancer Support by playing a round of golf this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1846.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:48:31 BST Wear Valley News Very few youngsters have the ability or the inclination to take up cricket and boxing and play a bit of football, yet fifteen-year-old Lewis Garnett is doing his level best to participate and progress in all three sports. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1845.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:47:05 BST Wear Valley News A PENSIONER this week admitted indecent assaults on two schoolgirls dating back 23 years. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1844.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:44:55 BST Wear Valley News A B&B owner says she is losing business because there is nowhere for her guests to eat out in Stanhope – but the town's publicans say there is no demand for a restaurant. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1843.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:42:52 BST Wear Valley News COUNCILLORS in West Auckland have rejected building a graffiti wall over fears it would encourage vandalism in the town. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1842.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:41:25 BST Wear Valley News TWO new names have to be added to a war memorial in West Auckland and a third needs to be corrected. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1841.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:39:52 BST Wear Valley News A WOLSINGHAM man will cycle more than 250 miles through Africa to raise money for poverty-stricken children many of whom have Aids. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1840.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:38:55 BST Wear Valley News A NINE-year regeneration project in Crook ended this week with the burial of a time capsule created by children. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1839.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:36:24 BST Wear Valley News HERE'S not many places where buying lots of alcohol is a benefit to the surrounding area but in Stanhope, numerous groups in the town are relying on the drinks sold at a certain pub writes Duncan Leatherdale. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1838.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:30:55 BST Wear Valley News RESIDENTS in Toft Hill are fighting back against speeding motorists after a spate of parked cars being written off. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1837.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:27:56 BST Wear Valley News