AS part of Operation Sceptre, North Tyneside Police Cadets has also been working hard to raise awareness of the consequences which come with carrying a weapon. A team of four police cadets were sent out to shops across North Tyneside and Northumberland
ONE of the North-East’s leading personalities has carried out an investigation into ghostly goings on at an iconic Freemasons building. Night Owls presenter Alan Robson MBE conducted the night-time vigil at the Maple Terrace Masonic Hall - the oldest
“PROTECTING our most vulnerable was, and is, of the highest priority”, the director of public health for Northumberland County Council has said. It comes after figures reveal thousands of vulnerable patients in the county were not told to shield
A popular member of staff at a North Tyne village surgery is moving on after 35 years. Katherine Dixon joined Wark and Humshaugh Surgery in 1986 and in recent years has become more widely involved with the administration of the practice. Katherine
A HEXHAM hospital is working in partnership with local music therapists to help patients who are experiencing difficulties with their mental health. Cygnet Hospital, based on Anick Road, has launched a weekly music therapy session with Patrick Villers-Stuart
A SECTION of the A69 between Carlisle and Newcastle is set to close for seven nights to allow for resurfacing work to be carried out. In their latest update on the progress of the A69 Bridge End Roundabout at Hexham, Highways England confirmed
Find out what is going on in your neck of the woods. Prudhoe Ian Warburton Prudhoe Town Council will host its Annual Meeting/Planning, Contract and Works Meeting at the Gate Church, Swalwell Close NE42 6EX, on Wednesday 19 May, commencing
IT is most disappointing to report over 3,000 Covid fines were issued by Northumbria Police over Christmas and the start of this year - more than half of all fines issued since the start of the pandemic - a time of continued international emergency
Boris Johnson has made an announcement that Stage Three of the Government’s ‘Roadmap’ out of lockdown will go ahead as planned. From Monday, May 17, lockdown restrictions will be eased once more, permitting indoor mixing, indoor drinking and dining
As the economy begins to open up again, businesses that have HMRC arrears will need to consider how to begin making repayments. Many business owners will have taken the opportunity to defer VAT from March and June last year. HMRC has an online portal
TWO farming organisations are now faced with being made homeless when the Newton Rigg campus closes this summer. Both the Farmer Network and Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers Club have been told by owners York-based Askham Bryan they must vacate
EIGHT new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in the latest 24 hour period in Northumberland. The total number of cases in the county since the start of the pandemic, last March, now stands at 17,597. No further covid-19-related deaths
A MAJOR milestone has been achieved in the upgrade of a key trans-Pennine route connecting Newcastle and Carlisle. Highways England say ‘excellent progress’ is being made on the A69 Bridge End roundabout, Hexham, where engineers are building two
HEXHAM & Northern Marts held their special May prize show and sale of store cattle and offered a catalogued entry of 850 head representing an increase of over twenty percent on the year. The pre-sale show was once again kindly sponsored by long-standing
Two local Christian Aid supporters have completed a challenge to see what it is like to fetch water over a long distance. Last Thursday (May 6), John McArdle (68) and Tony Brookes (73) walked from their homes in Hexham to the water’s edge at Corbridge
A lobbying organisation from the North East says they’re pleased after having discussions with Northumberland County Council over the future of a new rail project. Construction Alliance North East had raised concerns as to why the council had opened
Plans to convert a band hall into two homes again face objections from a town council. Haltwhistle Town Council chose to again object to plans that would see the band hall, located on Comb Hill Road, being turned into two homes, with two parking
