A MAJOR review of the flooding which devastated a Northumberland town four months ago has highlighted a number of deficiencies in the multi-agency response to the catastrophe.Read
FAMILIES in Northumberland have been urged to continue sorting their rubbish for recycling despite recent reports of a collapse in the market for recycled materials.Read
A STRONG warning letter is to be sent to a civil engineering company over the unauthorised dumping of thousands of tonnes of demolition waste in a disused Northumberland quarry.Read
A HEAVILY-PREGNANT woman whose boyfriend murdered a previous child has gone missing. Northumbria Police are urgently trying to trace Sandra Mujuru, 23, who went missing from her home in Seaton Delaval around the time she was due to give birth.Read
THE FA Cup fever gripping Blyth will intensify this morning when the final 100 tickets go on open sale for Monday’s mouth-watering clash between the Spartans and Blackburn Rovers.Read
FEARS that someone could be hit and injured by a flying golf ball look set to scupper plans for a new driving range on the edge of a Northumberland village.Read
TRIBUTES were paid yesterday to the son of former Newcastle United supremo Stan Seymour, who collapsed and died while out jogging on Christmas Day.Read
LESSONS learned in the creation of a pioneering, 3,000-pupil super school in Northumberland have been highlighted at a prestigious international education conference in the USA.Read
DEVOTED Blackburn Rovers fan Jack Straw will be absent from the Blyth clash – after a tongue-in-cheek warning from fellow Labour MP Ronnie Campbell.Read
SPECIAL protection zones aimed at safeguarding Northumberland communities and landscapes from the impacts of opencast mining are set to be scaled down in the wake of criticism from Government planning experts.Read
AFORCES charity has come to the aid of a former soldier who lost a leg when his helicopter was shot down during a fierce gun battle in the Middle East more than 40 years ago.Read
