A HEXHAM legal firm is celebrating the introduction of three new partners to the business.

Sara Frost, Alison Bragg and Emma Heather are all long-established members of the team at Nicholson Portnell on Priestpopple.

And their promotion to the partnership of the busy general practice, which has had roots in the area since 1775, reflects years of service to clients throughout the Tyne Valley.

Alison, from Great Whittington, joined the firm in 2003, closely followed by Sara, from Humshaugh, in 2005.

Both have been appointed partners in the firm’s wills, trusts and probate department.

Emma, from the Allen Valleys, joined the team in 2014, and as a partner will be in charge of the firm’s civil litigation department.

Senior partner Pamela Air said: “We are very pleased to have Alison, Sara and Emma joining the partnership.

“Their appointments reflect the regard in which they come to be held, by clients and colleagues alike, over many years.”