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/ POLICE have called for the demolition of a derelict building in a Wear Valley town to stop gangs gathering there. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1662.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:53:07 UTC Wear Valley News AN Independent councillor says he and his Liberal Democrat colleagues were not kept informed over the plans to introduce a twin-bin system in Wear Valley. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1661.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:51:44 UTC Wear Valley News A WEARDALE school will lose its gym equipment after it failed to find the £15,000 to fund it. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1660.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:49:35 UTC Wear Valley News A CHANGE in ownership of the Weardale Railway will have a positive affect according to the Trust’s chairman. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1659.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:47:30 UTC Wear Valley News AN inquiry into asbestos found at a Wear Valley leisure centre has been “disgracefully” used as a “cheap, political football” according to Labour councillors. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1658.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:46:13 UTC Wear Valley News A PUBLIC inquiry has blamed “endemic” failings at Wear Valley District Council for staff at a Bishop Auckland Leisure Centre not being warned of the existence of asbestos for five years. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1657.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:43:35 UTC Wear Valley News COUNILLORS will oppose plans for a “pie in the sky” development in Weardale despite the possibility of creation of up to 350 jobs. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1656.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:40:49 UTC Wear Valley News THE Crook Carnival Committee received £2,000 from Wear Valley District Council recently. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1655.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:33:40 UTC Wear Valley News MORE than 20 years after suffering a near-fatal brain haemorrhage, a Wear Valley stalwart is still fighting for her community to have a voice. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1654.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:31:12 UTC Wear Valley News A WEAR Valley volunteer is urging others to offer their services during National Volunteering Week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1653.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:27:55 UTC Wear Valley News CROOK Community Partnership is running an Out of This World hobby event next month. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1652.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:25:28 UTC Wear Valley News ORGANISERS of a successful conference hope tenants now realise they have a voice in Wear Valley. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1651.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:08:26 UTC Wear Valley News RELIGION is viewed by many with increasing suspicion after decades of clashes between Protestant and Catholic faiths and more recently the damage done by a minority of extremists. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1650.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:41:50 UTC Wear Valley News PUPS and pooches from a Wear Valley dog training club handed over £500 to the Great North Air Ambulance this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1649.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:37:10 UTC Wear Valley News THE parents of a Wear Valley tot who lost her hands and toes to meningitis have praised the community for taking their daughter to heart. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1648.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:36:02 UTC Wear Valley News Durham Wildlife Trust took delivery of a £27,000 minibus this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1647.html Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:31:06 UTC Wear Valley News Three Parish councils join forces to make voices heard in super council THREE parish councils hope by merging they can have a bigger say when the unitary authority comes into force next year. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1646.html Fri, 30 May 2008 14:04:43 UTC Wear Valley News HUNWICK’S district councillor has challenged his ward’s two new unitary representatives to be more passionate about the village. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1645.html Fri, 30 May 2008 14:01:37 UTC Wear Valley News DRIVERS in a Wear Valley village are more likely to be caught speeding after police decided extra enforcement was needed. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1644.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:59:25 UTC Wear Valley News THIEVES stole cash and charity boxes from a Wear Valley fish and chip shop this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1643.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:57:48 UTC Wear Valley News NORTH West Durham MP Hilary Armstrong has expressed her anger over the 15,000 recycling bins currently being stored in a field. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1642.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:56:08 UTC Wear Valley News CROOK psychic Dean “Midas” Maynard hopes he’ll be stretching his luck tomorrow across two TV channels. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1641.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:53:53 UTC Wear Valley News NEIGHBOURS of a convicted paedophile who may have contacted other perverts through a Government database he set up have expressed their relief at his imprisonment this week. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1640.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:50:29 UTC Wear Valley News COUNCILLORS and an MP have slammed BT’s plans to remove 10 Wear Valley phones boxes. http://www.wearvalleymercury.co.uk/wear-valley-news/story,1639.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:48:27 UTC Wear Valley News