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• 31 Dec 2020
TRUE GRIT: Jed Collins, clerk to Hope and Scargill Parish Meeting, after agreement had been reached to improve the gritting regime on the Stang Road TM pic
It’s been a year like no other; a year when Covid-19 and coronavirus entered the popular lexicon; a year when Zoom and Teams took on new meaning; a year of lockdowns; and a year when everyone across the land became aware of a small market town in south-west County Durham. Stuart Laundy takes a look back through the Mercury headlines from a tumultuous 12 months that are sure to go down in history books.