Stephen Mulhern knows a thing or two about gameshows. Over the course of his TV career, he’s hosted a lot of them, including Magic Numbers, Catchphrase, Big Star’s Little Star and Pick Me. His In for a Penny segment on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night
Tina O’Brien tells Georgia Humphreys about upcoming Coronation Street storylines, the impact of coronavirus, and filming stunts. After a few months off work thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, the cast of Coronation Street have returned to the cobbles
IT'S fair to say many of us will have a new appreciation for many things due to the coronavirus pandemic. Whether it's a new love for your garden or realising just how important family visits are, the crisis has certainly realigned all our priorities
FACE masks that include a see-through window over the mouth have been praised for their revolutionary design. The clear masks have been designed to help the deaf and hard of hearing understand lip-reading during the Covid-19 pandemic. Something
Our choice of programmes to watch week beginning Saturday, August 8 Saturday: Total Wipeout –Freddie & Paddy Takeover (BBC1, 7.10pm) Remember Total Wipeout, the show which ran from 2009 to 2012? It featured a series of interesting obstacles
Our guide to all the soap action for the week beginning Saturday. Emmerdale (ITV) Harriet heads off to perform a funeral service where Malone arrives to pressure her once more. Eventually Dawn discovers Harriet and Malone’s affair, but what
RESIDENTS have branded Hexham’s Bridge End roundabout a hotspot for dangerous driving despite road layout improvements. Highways England closed the roundabout last month and installed two temporary turnarounds as plans progress on a £30m scheme.
A CENTURY from Mark Jacobs eased Stocksfield III to back-to-back victories. Visiting Lintz II in Division Seven, Jacobs’ 136 proved vital in the victory as Stocksfield’s total of 245 was just eight better than their hosts’ score. After the loss
A TODDLER had a major mishap earlier this week when he got his head stuck in a toilet seat. Two-year-old Callum Souch has only just started using the toilet independently - and appears to still be learning how it all works. Callum emerged from
TRIBUTES have been paid to a prominent Northumbrian farmer who has died at the age of 37. Rachel Lumley died suddenly at the Cumberland Infirmary on Monday, July 13. The cause of her death is currently unknown. The former Blanchland farmer was
A TYNE Valley forest school has reached out to teenagers using its facilities, asking them to join the group. Stomping Grounds Forest School in Prudhoe put out a plea on social media posted after they discovered groups of young people had been repeatedly
HEXHAM MP Guy Opperman believes the abandoned £300 million takeover of Newcastle United would have brought benefits to the Tyne Valley. In a letter to the CEO of the Premier League, Richard Masters, Mr Opperman revealed that hundreds of constituents
NEW data has revealed the total number of people in Northumberland who have died from coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. Previously, Public Health England only published the number of cases in the county - but they have now released the
ITV have confirmed that the 20th series of I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! will be filmed in the UK. The show will take place later this year and will be broadcast live every night from a ruined castle in the countryside, but so far have
PLANS to restart close contact beauty treatments have been quashed after lockdown restrictions were tightened across the country. Tynedale beauty salon owner, Helen Cass, of Total Beauty, in Hexham, said that the Government’s announcement to push
A MAN is due to stand trial after allegedly failing to provide a specimen of breath to police after driving a vehicle. John Lambert (55), of Langley Gardens, Haydon Bridge, pleaded not guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis at Middle
