THE curtain came down on the Northern Area Point-to-Point season with the Haydon meeting at Hexham Racecourse. Runners travelled from as far afield as Inverurie in Scotland, as well as from Barnsley and Scarborough. And it turned out to be
A MAN living with dementia was stripped of his self-confidence in the final year of his life after being duped of £2,500 by father and son fraudsters. Ken Hogg (84), of Corbridge, was one of the many vulnerable and elderly people targeted by conmen
A TYNE Valley school is celebrating after receiving a positive Ofsted report. Newbrough Primary School was rated ‘good’ by the education watchdog after an inspection on May 2. The report was good news for the school, which was threatened with
FURTHER funding has been allocated to give Hexham a 'deep clean'. Northumberland County Council has granted Hexham Town Council £4,500 to perform a clean-up of the town's main streets, with work expected to be completed by the end of this month.
Keen photographers are being encouraged to submit their best pictures of the River Tyne for a calendar competition. The Tyne Rivers Trust is launching its fourth charity calendar, and is asking anyone who enjoys the river to submit their best photos
FRUSTRATED residents have made a plea to councillors for double yellow lines to be removed from their street. At last week’s Tynedale Local Area Council meeting, a petition which had gathered 60 signatures, asking for double yellow lines on Beech
ROYAL Mail has been labelled ‘snail mail’ by a frustrated county councillor. Derek Kennedy, Northumberland County Council’s Independent ward representative for Hexham West, has lambasted the national company for its delay in replacing three post
PLANS for a brand-new farmhouse near Heddon-on-the-Wall have been rejected. The proposal for a four-bedroom, traditional stone property on land at Ashtree Farm was unanimously refused by members of the Castle Morpeth Local Area Council last week
A MAN who drove a Lamborghini whilst disqualified from driving has been fined more than £4,000. Courtney Clift (38) of Redhouse Barns, Belsay, appeared at Newcastle Magistrates Court on Thursday, May 16. He was found guilty of one count of driving
HEXHAM’S MP Guy Opperman has joined a campaign group of Conservative MPs as a leadership contest looms. Mr Opperman has joined the new “One Nation” group Tory MPs, who are aiming to push the party to the centre ground. Around 60 MPs have joined
BREXIT has become such a dominant and polarising issue, and has remained unsolved for so long, that the public have begun to lose hope in politics and their MPs – according to research. The UK voted on its EU status on June 23, 2016, with 51.89
BUSINESS leaders and representatives from Northumberland’s top tourist attractions are travelling to London to promote all the county has to offer. The event held today at the House of Lords, organised by Northumberland County Council and hosted
A NORTHUMBERLAND County Council scheme which aims to boost the number of stalls in Hexham Market Place has been received with mixed feelings by market traders Under the scheme, new traders are being offered up to ten weeks free rent on their market
FAMILIES living with a debilitating illness are being invited to send their messages to loved ones soaring into the sky. The Northumberland Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association Group has launched a fund-raising drive to organise a kite-flying
