A TROUBLED North East college has been thrown into fresh turmoil after the woman chosen to be its new boss changed her mind and decided not to take the job.Read
FORMER Olympic champion Duncan Goodhew told yesterday how he is proud to support a pioneering national scheme which helps save lives by providing free swimming lessons for thousands of schoolchildren who otherwise might miss out.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
AMBITIOUS plans to develop a major community resource in one of a former pit town’s most iconic buildings have taken the first step to becoming a reality.Read
A FORMER lecturer who was at the forefront of a campaign against the planned merger of two North East colleges has been elected to a top union post.Read
A GROUND-BREAKING £51m academy is dramatically improving students’ exam results and bringing a new sense of pride to local communities, it was claimed yesterday.Read
FOUR hairdressing students from the Northumberland College in Ashington have won a place in the national final of the Association of Hairdressers and Therapists UK Trainee Competition, to be held in Blackpool this month.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
RESTAURANT bosses have been landed with fines for thousands of pounds after bogus workers were arrested during immigration raids at two Northumberland restaurants.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
TWO police officers took over a morning assembly at a Northumberland school to help pupils learn more about the issues of bullying and anti-social behaviour.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
HARDY volunteers are being sought in Northumberland to spend a night sleeping rough as part of a national event aimed at highlighting the plight of young homeless people.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
THE Holy Sepulchre Church in the former colliery town of Ashington is known locally as the Miners’ Church because of its strong links to Northumberland’s once-mighty coal industry.Read
A CALL for bowling enthusiasts to be catered for when a flagship £20m leisure and community centre is built in a Northumberland town has been strongly supported by the local MP.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