A HOUSEHOLDER has been awarded damages against a North East council which deprived him of a legal right of way he had enjoyed for more than 30 years.Read
A PLANNING authority has been ordered to look again at its decision not to take enforcement action over an unauthorised window in a house at Northumberland National Park.Read
A VILLAGE in the North East is preparing to welcome visitors from all over Europe when it hosts a festival celebrating heavy horses and centuries-old rural skills and crafts.Read
HOPES are rising that long-delayed plans to dual the A1 road through Northumberland will finally be given the green light by the Government in the next few months.Read
AN INVESTIGATION is continuing into how a 1,800-tonne cargo ship managed to run aground off the Northumberland coast – posing a potential pollution threat to an internationally-renowned marine wildlife haven.Read
THE END of an era for an emergency service based in the region was confirmed yesterday with plans to axe search and rescue helicopters based at RAF Boulmer in Northumberland.Read
WEATHER conditions continue to hold the key to stalled recovery plans for a stricken cargo ship which has been stuck on rocks off the Northumberland coastline for 12 days.Read
A STRICKEN cargo ship which ran aground in an important marine wildlife haven off the North East coastline will not be moved until the weekend at the earliest.Read
SALVAGE experts are hoping to make an attempt later today to shift a stricken cargo ship which ran aground in an important marine wildlife haven off the North East coastline at the weekend.Read
A TINY TV production company based in Northumberland has secured a major breakthrough after being commissioned to prepare a series for a national network.Read
A FUEL spillage on one of the main roads through Northumberland may have caused a crash which claimed the lives of a popular elderly couple, an inquest heard yesterday.Read
THE Duke of Northumberland’s Estates have been accused of a “get rich quick” attitude to the region’s farmers after hitting hundreds of them with inflation-busting rent rises.Read
CONSERVATIVES have chosen their candidate to fight a key target seat at the next general election after using a selection process for what is believed to be the first time in the North East.Read
HUGE financial problems at one of the region’s top visitor attractions have been laid bare at a tribunal where one of its former senior managers is claiming unfair dismissal.Read
A SECOND-hand car garage in Northumberland has been ordered to pay over £2,300 after selling a car which had done 80,000 more miles than advertised.Read
THE DUCHESS of Northumberland yesterday congratulated a tiny rural school which has battled back from a closure threat sparked by falling pupil numbers.Read
WHEN his big brother couldn’t find the inspiration to come up with an entry for a poetry competition, little Jake Elliot decided to step into the breach.Read
A CORNER of rural Northumberland has scored top marks for community spirit at an awards ceremony. Branton First School in the Breamish Valley faced closure after pupil numbers fell to six.Read
A BUDDING young Byron will have the honour of switching on a spectacular new lighting display at a leading visitor attraction tonight after winning a poetry competition.Read
A PLAN to axe the search-and-rescue helicopter service at a North East air base should be reversed before it costs lives, the Government has been told.Read