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News - Teesdale Mercury

Absenteeism has become endemic in our schools. The search for solutions is keeping headteachers awake at night but, despite concerted efforts, absence rates are not improving. School absence hovered around 4.7 per cent in the years before the pandemic struck, rising to 7.5 per cent last year, according to Department for Education data. But persistent Why kids are not attending school

There was a time when science was trusted and it was normal for factual evidence to be accepted by both sides in a debate. Not any longer. These days it is necessary to look hard and long at scientific evidence and ask a lot of questions before it can be accepted.

Productive arable land in County Durham has come onto the market, with a unique opportunity for nitrate offsetting.

A new club has been established for tractor, engine and agricultural machinery enthusiasts across the North East.