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Ronnie Campbell calls for roof to be built over Blyth market square

A ROOF should be built over the public square in the centre of Northumberland’s biggest town to help save its market from dying a slow death, according to a new study.Read

Cambois new homes bid by Banks Group set to be backed by planners

A MULTI-MILLION pound development which aims to regenerate an isolated Northumberland seaside village look set to win the backing of council planners – more than four years after it was first put forward.Read

Cory Davison charity football match a big success at Blyth Town

HUNDREDS of people turned out at a charity football tournament yesterday organised by the family of a seven-year-old former cancer patient.Read

Newlyweds' marriage blessed at Blyth lifeboat station

A NORTHUMBERLAND town’s lifeboat became the love boat yesterday as a couple with a shared passion for the maritime rescue service got their marriage off to a fitting start.Read

Lord Shipley visits Blyth School Community College

FORTY sixth form students from the Blyth School Community College enjoyed a talk from former Newcastle City Council leader Lord Shipley when he visited their school as part of the Lord Speaker’s Peers in Schools programme.Read

Blyth golfer Edith Mitcheson dies weeks short of 102nd birthday

AN INSPIRATIONAL former teacher – who continued to indulge her passion for golf when she was almost 100-years-old – has died just two weeks short of her 102nd birthday.Read

Blyth ambulance driver fined for speeding whilst on life-saving mission

A DECISION to fine an ambulance driver for speeding as he raced to save a child’s life has sparked outrage.Read

Blyth School Community College pupils using poetry skills

A POETRY project at a Northumberland school has led pupils to put pen to paper and write to the rich and famous.Read

Anti-wind farm campaigners branded Nimbys by Ronnie Campbell.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting the march of wind farm developments across Northumberland’s countryside have been accused of being Nimbys by a veteran Labour MP.Read

Blyth power station plan takes step forward

PLANS to build a £250m biomass-fuelled power station on the Northumberland coastline are set to come under further public scrutiny as the complex planning process moves another step forward.Read

£300m Blyth offshore wind farm test facility planned by Narec

WORK could start next year on a pioneering £300m research and development project for the offshore wind industry, which would see 15 giant turbines built in the sea off Northumberland.Read

Poundstretcher fined after unsafe chair sold in Blyth store

A NATIONAL discount store chain has been ordered to pay almost £7,000 after chairs it sold at a North East store failed fire safety tests.Read

Canvas workshop at Bedlington Station library

KEEN crafters are being invited to a canvas workshop at Bedlington Station library this evening where they can make Easter chicks.Read

Cambois biomass power station formal bid submitted

VILLAGERS are maintaining their opposition to plans for a £250m power station in Northumberland – as a green energy company seeks official consent to build the generating plant.Read

Homes for Northumberland management damned in council report

BOSSES at a housing management company repeatedly gave misleading information about its financial position – including incorrect claims that it had made substantial savings for council taxpayers – according to a new report.Read

Blyth vets forced to close to make way for Morrisons redevelopment

DEVASTATED staff at a veterinary surgery have been told the business is to be razed to the ground – to make way for five car parking spaces.Read

Blyth church in fundraising appeal to restore bombed stained glass window

A FUNDRAISING appeal has been launched to replace a large stained glass window which was blown out of a Northumberland church by a wartime bomb.Read

Thief steals alcohol from Nisa store in Cowpen

POLICE are trying to track down a shoplifter who stole four bottles of alcohol from a store in Northumberland.Read

Two arrested on suspicion of assualt on Hodgeson Road, Blyth

POLICE are appealing for information after an incident in Blyth.Read

Two men charged with murder of Jason Lockwood in Blyth

TWO men have appeared in court charged with the murder of a man whose body was found following a house fire.Read

Opinions wanted on housing plan for former Wensleydale Middle School in Blyth

LOCAL people are being offered a second chance to examine plans to build dozens of new homes on the site of a former Northumberland school.Read

Two men charged with Blyth murder

TWO men have appeared in court today charged with murdering a man at his Northumberland home.Kyle Gordon, 23, and Stephen Tiffin, 28, appeared separately before magistrates in Bedlington after being charged with the murder of Jason Lockwood, 40, in Blyth earlier this week.Mr Lockwood was pronounced dead after being dragged by firefighters from his flat at Nordale House in Cowpen on Tuesday morning.Police later revealed he had died following a brutal attack in the flat, where he lived alone.Northumbria Police announced today that Gordon, of Plover Close on Blyth's South Beach Estate, and Tiffin, of Ingoe Close, Blyth, had been charged with his murder.They both made brief appearances at South East Northumberland law courts and were remanded in custody to appear at Newcastle Crown Court on Tuesday.Fire crews, police and paramedics attended Mr Lockwood’s home in Cowpen Hall Road on Tuesday morning after a call from a neighbour in the flats, who reported hearing the smoke alarm going off and seeing smoke.He was pronounced dead at the scene and police launched a murder inquiry after a post mortem had been carried out. Detectives later revealed that he died following an attack in which he suffered multiple injuries.Police are trying to piece together Mr Lockwood’s last movements and are still keen to hear from anyone who has information. They should ring 101 ext 69191 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.Read

Two murder suspects questioned after Blyth fire

DETECTIVES were last night quizzing two murder suspects after a fire in a flat led to the discovery of a man’s body.Read

Buffalo Centre in Blyth takes leading role in town clean-up

A COMMUNITY centre is taking a leading role in efforts to improve the environment in Northumberland’s biggest town.Read

Empty Blyth school gets guardian angel tenants

DESIGN engineer Adam Burbidge is enjoying life back at school at the age of 27 – but these days it is where he calls home rather than a place of learning.Read

Marmaris kebab shop in Blyth forcibly bought by council

A KEBAB shop owner who claims to have introduced the popular dish to a Northumberland town has been forced to leave his takeaway to make room for the redevelopment of a supermarket.Read

Bates Colliery monument unveiled at Blyth's Morpeth Road Primary School

YOUNGSTERS proudly paid tribute to their new school’s mining heritage with the unveiling of a memorial.Read

Huge replacement wind turbines planned for Blyth Harbour

SOME of the biggest and most powerful onshore wind turbines built in the UK so far are being lined up for the Northumberland coastline in a project to re-power one of the country’s oldest wind farms.Read

Bedlingtonshire Junior High school set to be closed after poor performance

A TROUBLED school looks set to close because of its failure to meet national performance standards – less than a year after classroom watchdogs praised its recovery efforts.Read

Disused Blyth school seeks guardian angels to keep it safe

GUARDIAN angels are being sought to set up home in a former North East school – and help keep it safe from fire raisers, vandals and squatters.Read

Blyth's Bede Academy opens doors for tea

STUDENTS at a Northumberland school treated residents from the surrounding community to a special afternoon tea.Read

Bedlington fire death victim named as Philip Archer

TRIBUTES have been paid to a pensioner who died in a house fire on Christmas Day. Philip Henry Archer, 62, was found dead inside his bungalow on Elgin Close, in Bedlington Station, Northumberland, on Sunday.Read

Scene of a house fire at Elgin Close, Bedlington Station

Bedlington Station Christmas day fatal house fire probed by police

MYSTERY surrounds the tragic death of a pensioner in a Christmas Day house fire.Read

Three arrests after Wensleydale Middle School fire

THREE people have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a school fire in Blyth – the second such incident in three days.Read

Newsham First School fire investigated by police

POLICE are investigating whether derelict buildings in Northumberland were the latest targets in a series of arson attacks on former schools.Read

Tenants move into homes on site of Bedlington Terrier pub

TENANTS have celebrated Christmas early after moving into new homes built on the site of a former pub in Northumberland.Read

Former Blyth councillor Dave Stephens dies

A RESPECTED former councillor, described as the driving force behind major regeneration efforts in Northumberland’s biggest town, has died following a lengthy illness.Read

Worries raised over Blyth biomass power station plan

THE green credentials of a £250m biomass power station planned in Northumberland have been called into question by an environmental watchdog group.Read

Northumberland ice cream man scoops national quality award for second time

WHEN it comes to mouth-watering ice cream Tom Davison has the opposition well and truly licked – after scooping a coveted national award for the second time in three years.Read

Warning on Northumberland cash points' scam devices

POLICE in Northumberland are warning people to watch out for card skimming devices on cash points.Read

Cooperative Dance Hall in Bedlington Station to be renovated

MUSIC and dancing are to shake decades of dust off an historic dance hall.Read

Blyth biomass plant will be a positive asset says green energy company

A GREEN energy company planning to build a £250m biomass-fuelled power station in Northumberland claims it will be a positive asset.Read

Blyth man turns diary of Home Guard officer into new book

A SECRET diary kept by a senior Home Guard officer has revealed the true and unvarnished story of what life was like as part of Britain’s real Dad’s Army during the Second World War.Read

Bench in Ridley Park, Blyth honours those connected to town

AN unusual piece of public art which honours three important Northumberland figures has been unveiled.Read

Blyth cable thieves "risked lives" says police chief

METAL thieves risked death and left homes and businesses without power when they climbed up electricity posts to steal cable.Read

Regeneration scheme in Blyth to get under way

THE latest phase of a multi-million pound regeneration scheme in a Northumberland town is set to get under way next week.Read

Duchess of Northumberland visits Pegswood

Duchess gets behind South Northumberland Radio Group

VOLUNTEERS hoping to launch a community radio station in Northumberland have been given a good luck message from one of the county’s most prominent citizens.Read

Woman saw stabbed Blyth man Chris Chapman collapse

THE partner of a man allegedly stabbed to death outside his home by a teenage girl has told how she saw him collapse.Read

Travelling criminals targeted in police stop and search operation in Blyth

CRIMINALS driving into Northumberland’s biggest town faced a police clampdown as part of a long-running operation against travelling lawbreakers.Read

Teenage girls deny murder of Blyth man Chris Chapman

A MAN was murdered outside his home by two teenage girls who turned up looking to confront the victim’s friends, a court heard yesterday.Read

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