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  • Hardy Centurions tame the Bears in polar conditions

    Berwick Bears 27 Tynedale Centurions 28 ON a weekend which saw most sporting fixtures postponed due to the weather, Tynedale’s third choice XV played through horrendous conditions away to Berwick Bears. The game kicked off in a blizzard, which

  • Two-goal Pattison lifts the gloom in wintry Wallsend

    IT has been a disappointing start to 2020 for Hexham in the league, but the green and whites continued their recent resurgence in style on Saturday. And they did it the hard way, with a convincing 3-1 victory on a partially waterlogged 4G surface

  • Box to Box Comedy returns to town

    Following two sell-out shows, Box to Box Comedy is set to return to the Vault in Hexham tomorrow night. The evening of top class stand-up will be hosted by Hal Branson, known as Ha Ha Hal, who is one third of award-winning sketch group Hot Gulp,

  • Mayor to reward environmental work in Hexham

    EXCEPTIONAL contributes to combating the climate crisis will be rewarded in the Tyne Valley. Ahead of the latest meeting of Hexham Town Council this week, the Mayor of Hexham, Coun. Bob Hull, launched an environmental award for the town as part

  • Evening at restaurant supports Tynedale Hospice at Home

    A HEXHAM restaurant hosted a packed-out event to support a local charity. Danielle’s Bistro held a charity eventing in support of Tynedale Hospice at Home. Every table was full as Danielle’s staff served their a la carte menu to over 60 customers

  • Schools can apply now for breakfast club funding

    SCHOOLS in Hexham could be in with a chance of receiving a £1,000 boost for their breakfast clubs. The Kellogg’s Breakfast Club programme has opened grant applications for schools that need funding, helping to provide breakfast to children in communities

  • Kieran’s Prudhoe course aims to get inside autism

    A WELL-KNOWN advocate for autism is coming to the Tyne Valley to deliver a six-week course aimed at changing perceptions of the condition. The Inside of Autism course began on Wednesday, and was delivered at the Funstation in Prudhoe by Kieran Rose

  • Nigel’s Great North dream

    A VETERAN of the Great North Run is hoping to be part of the event’s 40th anniversary celebrations in September. Nigel Barnes has run the famous route, from Newcastle to South Shields, no fewer than 35 times over the past four decades. He was

  • Acts announced for popular festival

    THE first wave of acts for one of Northumberland’s most popular music festivals have been announced. Organisers of Lindisfarne Festival made the announcement following a successful crowd-funding campaign in November, which saw supporters of the

  • Travel agent is one of the country’s best workplaces

    THE UK’s largest independent travel agent, Hays Travel, which last year took over Thomas Cook, has been recognised as one of the UK’s top 100 employers. The prestigious list is published in The Sunday Times and put together by Best Companies, the

  • Weather warning for more snow and ice

    MORE snow and ice is on the way according to the Met Office, which has issued another yellow weather warning. The weather warning is in place from 8pm tonght until 10am tomorrow and it anticipates wintry showers and icy stretches are likely to

  • Entries for Mini Great North Run to open

    ENTRIES for the Mini Great North Run - for girls and boys aged 3-8 - will open on Tuesday morning at 10am.  The popular event will take place on Saturday, September 12, and will be a precurser to the main senior event, on Sunday, September 13. 

  • Haydon Bridge footballers hand over money to charity

    A COMMUNITY spirited football club has handed over more than £1,000 for people living with a condition which affects their brains and spinal cords. Haydon Bridge United Football Club presented members of the South Northumberland branch of the Multiple

  • Exhibition will help food bank

    AN ARTIST will donate proceedings from his paintings of Tynedale and the surrounding North-East landscape to a local food bank. Established Manchester-based artist Matthew Thompson will display more than 15 original paintings in a vacant shopfront

  • Guitarist’s widow hails Status Quo tribute

    THE widow of the famed Status Quo guitarist Rick Parfitt is hoping people in the Tyne Valley will be Rockin All Over the World next month. Lyndsay Parfitt, who was married to the world-renowned musician, is helping promote tribute act the Quo Experience