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Epiacum project is launched at Whitley Castle

A FORGOTTEN corner of the Roman Empire in Northumberland is set to be brought squarely into the 21st century spotlight.Read

New Halton Lea Gate opencast inquiry begins

THE floodgates could be opened to opencast mining in rural areas if a development in a remote part of Northumberland gets the green light, villagers say.Read

Epiacum moles dig up Roman treasure at Whitley Castle site

THE MIGHTY moles of Epiacum have done it again – and dug up more secrets of the Roman Empire.Read

Blenkinsopp Home Park Estate for sale at £1.75m - GALLERY

THE ruins of a 14th century castle in Northumberland bought for just £2,000 have been put up for sale for £1.75m.Read

Epiacum - a hidden slice of Roman history at Slaggyford

IT has long been one of the great hidden secrets of the Romans in Northumberland. But now, an isolated Roman fort in the remote North Pennines is set to become more widely known as an essential part of the empire.Read

Teenagers take part in 1840s Big Brother venture at Featherstone Castle

YOUNG housemates emerged yesterday fresh from the experience of their first day of life back in the 1840s.Read

Northumberland volunteers join 1840's 'Big Brother' house

FOR young people, life without modern "essentials" such as mobile phones, computers, TV and convenience foods is hard to imagine.Read

Volunteer celebration held at Walltown

A UK charity has been cooking on gas at Walltown Quarry to thank its North East volunteers.Read

Visitor numbers soaring at Hadrian's Wall sites

ROMAN sites in Northumberland which were boosted by £6m of new facilities have seen visitor figures shoot up by 40%.Read

Halton Lea Gate opencast boss determined to appeal

AN ongoing battle to save North East countryside from being developed as an opencast mine appeared set to continue yesterday.Read

Ethel Brailsford with her daughter Sylvia Smith

Return to Gilsland a real treat for war babies

THEY went to the countryside to ensure their babies were born safe from the perils of war.Read

Wartime mother to re-visit birthplace of daughter at Gilsland

A MOTHER from a generation of women who fled Newcastle to give birth to their children safe from wartime bombing raids is set to relive her ordeal.Read

Halton Lea Gate villagers scent third victory in opencast mine row

A CONTROVERSIAL opencast mining plan at a remote Northumberland village should be rejected, say county planners.Read

The Duchess of Northumberland at Vindolanda

Duchess opens new Hadrian's Wall attractions

THE Duchess of Northumberland marked a milestone in the preservation of Hadrian’s Wall country at an official opening yesterday.Read

Planners' Halton Lea Gate visit postponed

AN OFFICIAL planners’ inspection of a proposed village opencast site this morning has been postponed.Read

George Daintree and sister Joan Briggs with mother their Ethel Daintree (centre)

Second World War babies reunited with Gilsland

BABIES born amid the hardships of the Second World War are to be reunited at their safe-haven countryside birthplace.Read

Funding for Featherstone PoW camp project

TWO wartime memories projects in the North East have been backed with lottery cash.Read

Award for South Tyne chilli sauce firm

A NORTHUMBERLAND chilli sauce making company has won a national award.Read

Meeting on Halton Lea Gate mine plans

A PUBLIC meeting will be held at Halton Lea Gate village hall at 6pm on Monday, February 28, to discuss the latest developments in the fight against a planned opencast development.Read

Villagers from Halton Lea Gate

Halton Lea Gate villagers soured by opencast 'sweetener'

OPENCAST developers bidding to mine land on the Northumberland-Cumbria border have pledged to set up a holiday park and equestrian centre after completing the dig.Read

Greenhead First School receives biomass boiler grant

PLANS to upgrade the heating system at a Northumberland school have received an £18,000 grant from the Northumberland National Park’s Sustainable Development Fund.Read

Halton Lea Gate villagers celebrate victory

VILLAGERS in a remote hamlet are celebrating victory in their fight against opencast developers.Read

Opencast protesters call expert

A CAMPAIGN group has called in an internationally renowned health expert in its battle to stop an opencast mining site being built close to their Northumberland hamlet.Read

Big welcome for Carlisle Airport makeover

REGENERATION organisations last night welcomed approval of plans to develop Carlisle Airport.Read

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