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/ ELDERLY householders are being warned to be vigilant following a distraction burglary in Crook. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2157.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:44:46 UTC Wear Valley News A PENSIONER offered to share her bed with two street wardens who braved Arctic conditions to deliver two temporary heaters to her freezing Weardale home. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2156.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:41:51 UTC Wear Valley News PUPILS at three Wear Valley secondary schools are among the most improved scholars in the country according to the Government. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2155.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:40:52 UTC Wear Valley News A TOW Law man jailed for 27 years for a murder he did not commit could receive millions of pounds in compensation it was revealed this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2154.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:39:23 UTC Wear Valley News A COUNTY councillor from Willington has slammed her Labour opponents who rejected plans to reduce the distance under eight-years-old have to walk to school. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2152.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:35:08 UTC Wear Valley News OWNERS of an animal sanctuary stranded by up to eight feet of snow say they will celebrate Christmas once the ice melts. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2151.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:33:21 UTC Wear Valley News AT least five cars and a delivery van became victims of black ice on a Wear Valley road this week (Jan 15 edition) and a young boy was injured after a bus hit a house. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2150.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:31:59 UTC Wear Valley News TWO sisters from Hunwick want to recreate for the youth of today something they enjoyed as children, a youth club. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2149.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:29:13 UTC Wear Valley News A SOCIOLOGY student will spend her summer in Sri Lanka helping in the country's on-going recovery from the 2004 tsunami. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2148.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:26:41 UTC Wear Valley News THREE RAF communications officers, a mental health worker, radiographer, writer and carer will find out next week if they have permission to rejuvenate Bishop Auckland rail station, writes Duncan Leatherdale. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2147.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:25:19 UTC Wear Valley News THE Government will provide £3. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2146.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:23:00 UTC Wear Valley News A RETIRED teacher almost turned down an honour from the Queen because she thinks other people deserve it more than her. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2145.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:20:03 UTC Wear Valley News THE mother of an ill toddler has gone through with her promise to give her daughter a kidney. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2144.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:18:34 UTC Wear Valley News HUMAN error was probably to blame for a 90-year-old's 43-minute wait for an ambulance after slipping on the ice. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2143.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:16:48 UTC Wear Valley News MORE than 80 people braved Arctic conditions and filled Wolsingham Town Hall this week to discuss a coal depot being built on the edge of the town. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2142.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:15:22 UTC Wear Valley News A CHARITY shop volunteer is urging others to give up their time to help others after being inspired by the widow who founded a hospice. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2141.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:05:12 UTC Wear Valley News A SHOP will open in a Weardale village six years after the previous one closed. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2140.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:30:34 UTC Wear Valley News TREACHEROUS weather conditions caused problems for firefighters attending a New Year's Day blaze which destroyed a remote farmhouse. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2139.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:27:59 UTC Wear Valley News THE GOOD Samaritans who take in four-legged waifs and strays from all over the dales are appealing for new homes for their temporary residents. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2138.html Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:25:39 UTC Wear Valley News THE chairman of Durham County Council donated £500 to a children's charity this week after reading about it in the Mercury. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2137.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:59:44 UTC Wear Valley News MOTORISTS are scared to leave their cars in a leisure centre car park following a spate of break-ins according to one victim. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2136.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:58:40 UTC Wear Valley News YOUNG people's hopes and dreams were destroyed this week after a £4. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2135.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:57:58 UTC Wear Valley News THE “Eden of the north” won't cost taxpayers to clean even though Durham County Council agreed to buy the land. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2134.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:57:06 UTC Wear Valley News THE mother of a boy with cerebral palsy has accused a shop of putting distant animals ahead of local children after it chose a charity to support next year. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,2133.html Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:56:00 UTC Wear Valley News