ACENTURIES-old ritual will be re-enacted when three people are officially welcomed as the latest members of a highly exclusive band of landowners on the Northumberland coastline.Read
FOR Sale signs are about to go up outside the former Alcan aluminium smelter in Northumberland as global efforts to attract new investment and jobs to the site are stepped up.Read
A MINIATURE railway which symbolises the North East’s proud coal mining heritage has been given a financial boost to help keep it on track for another 15 years.
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THIS striking oil painting by one of Ashington’s famed Pitmen Painters is going on show to the public for the first time as part of a nationwide celebration of art.Read
YOUNG history buffs are being targeted in a special education project launched to help remember the ultimate sacrifice made by a famed North East women’s rights campaigner.Read
A FASCINATING collection of old drawings featuring the diverse characters of a North East market town in the early 19th century has been made available to a wider audience.Read
FOOTBALL legend Jack Charlton took a train ride yesterday to help a group of volunteers celebrate an addition to a popular visitor attraction in his North East home town.Read
A TIME travel experiment which saw young people living like their ancestors in a historic North East castle has been highly commended in a prestigious national awards scheme.Read
MORE than 100 new jobs could be offered to workers who are being made redundant at Alcan, but they will have to move to the Middle East to take them.Read
LOCAL history and an old sporting tradition will be highlighted later this month at a 145-year-old celebration of the region’s proud coal mining heritage.Read
A TIME travel experiment which saw a group of teenagers locked away for several days in a remote castle has put a North East museum and visitor attraction in line for a prestigious national award.Read
THE closure of Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer moved a step closer last night as a formal consultation period on the proposed shutdown was completed.Read
HUNDREDS of workers at Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer are set to leave in three months’ time as detailed discussions on its planned closure near completion.Read
SCIENCE fiction fans are being invited to boldly go to a leading North East visitor attraction – for an exhibition which is truly out of this world.Read
A FORMAL consultation process on plans to close Northumberland’s biggest private-sector employer has been labelled a sham by a trade union representing the threatened workforce.Read
WORK by the world-renowned Pitmen Painters from Northumberland is to be showcased in a popular TV travel series highlighting some of Britain's most fascinating train journeys.Read
STUNNING craftwork which was inspired by memories of the region’s once-mighty coal mining industry has gone on display at a flagship museum developed at a former working pit.Read
BOSSES at a retail giant have apologised for delivering an embarrassing snub to a campaign aimed at saving Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer from closure.Read
ONE of Britain’s biggest supermarket chains has been criticised for delivering a snub to campaigners battling to save Northumberland’s biggest private-sector employer from closure.Read
SENIOR executives of the company planning the closure of Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer have been asked to visit the site and explain the decision to workforce representatives and local politicians.Read
A FORMAL consultation period on the proposed closure of Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer has been extended – but there is still no sign of a potential saviour emerging.Read
INTENSIVE efforts were continuing last night to try to restore full operations at the Alcan aluminium smelter in Northumberland after a massive power blackout forced a temporary shutdown of the manufacturing processes.Read
A MAJOR campaign aimed at securing Government support to save Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer from closure has been launched by the trade unionists.Read
CONFIDENTIAL patient records could have been accessed after a shamed doctor watched pornography and images of beheading between appointments, watchdogs have ruled.Read
SCHOOLCHILDREN are being given the chance to become young history detectives and delve into Northumberland’s industrial and social past in a new scheme being run at a leading visitor attraction.Read
A MULTI-million pound fuel conversion project aimed at safeguarding the future of Northumberland’s biggest private sector employer is set to be given the green light by council planners next week.Read
SOARING demand for life-saving cancer treatment has led to health chiefs investing £1m in a new state-of-the-art drugs unit at Northumberland’s biggest hospital.Read
AMATEUR history sleuths who are delving into hundreds of years of the region’s industrial, commercial and rural past have reached a significant milestone.Read
FAMILIES are being offered the chance of some holiday weekend fun with a packed programme of exhibitions and activities at a Northumberland visitor attraction.Read