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Haltwhistle News, Northumberland (Beta)

Tyne Valley eateries nominated for awards

TWO Northumberland eateries have been nominated for dining awards by a ‘green’ campaign group.Read

Police name Haltwhistle woman killed in fire

POLICE have formally identified a woman found dead after a house blaze at Haltwhistle on March 30.Read

Kilfrost to sponsor Calvert Trust ball

AN INTERNATIONAL business has pledged to sponsor a Northumberland charity’s black tie event.Read

House fire at Meadow Grange, Haltwhistle

Woman dies in Haltwhistle house fire

A WOMAN trapped in her blazing bungalow perished despite a desperate attempt by firefighters to reach her.Read

Body found after blaze at Haltwhistle house

A BODY has been found after a fire in a house in Northumberland.Read

Northumberland County Council

Council spent £2,700 heating empty home

A CASH-STRAPPED council has come in for fresh criticism after spending almost £3,000 on keeping the heating on in a former care complex which closed a year ago.Read

Ishbel Speirs, 9, of Corbridge with Boo the owl

Tyne Valley children come face-to-face with animals

SOME children would be terrified to come face-to-face with a snake or tarantula – but not these brave youngsters.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

New home for Haltwhistle centre

HALTWHISTLE Tourist Information Centre is moving to a new home at the town’s new landmark library on March 4.Read

Holy Cross Church in line for floodlighting

HOLY Cross Church at Haltwhistle is in line for new floodlighting as well as a facilities upgrade under the new Town Plan.Read

Animal Antics to visit Hexham and Haltwhistle

ANIMALS including guinea pigs, snakes and tarantulas are being brought to two Northumberland libraries next week. The Animal Antics company is laying on the creatures for youngsters aged four to 12 to enjoy on Wednesday, February 23, at Hexham Library, from 10am to noon, and Haltwhistle Library, from 2pm to 4pm. Admission costs £4 and should be booked in advance by calling 01434 652488/321863.Read

Fraudulent workmen arrested in Haltwhistle

TWO suspected fraudulent workmen have been arrested in Haltwhistle.Read

Food author giving talks at Hexham and Haltwhistle

FOOD and wellbeing are on the menu at Northumberland libraries this week.Read

Work starts on Haltwhistle sewer upgrade

A THREE-MONTH scheme starts this week to prevent sewer flooding in Haltwhistle.Read

Pennine Ways estate agent celebrating anniversary

A BUSINESS is gearing up to celebrate its first year at a new premises in Northumberland and aims to expand further in 2011.Read

Fight to keep Haltwhistle Leisure Centre open

COUNCILLORS are fighting to keep a town’s swimming pool and leisure centre open.Read

New place for Haltwhistle youth to 'chill out'

YOUNG people in a Northumberland town are set to get their own meeting place after a new home was found for a youth club.Read

Halloween family day out at Herding Hill Farm

THERE is a family day out coming up at a farm which is under new ownership.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

Dan May, who runs Haltwhistle chilli sauce company Trees Can't Dance

Haltwhistle chilli sauce maker back in the hot seat

A NORTH East chilli sauce company is firing on all fronts just months after battling back from liquidation.Read

National Poetry Day reading at Haltwhistle Library

POET Linda France will give a reading of her work at Haltwhistle Library from 7pm to 9pm on Thursday October 7 to mark National Poetry Day.Read

New Haltwhistle Library up and running with events

THE NEW Haltwhistle Library, which had to close before it opened due to flooding, is now up and running with a month-long programme of special events.Read

Creative writing workshop at Haltwhistle Library

A WORKSHOP on how to pen a page-turning read will be held in Haltwhistle’s recently refurbished library tomorrow from 10.30am to 11.30am.Read

'Ridiculous' restrictions on Haltwhistle United are lifted

RED-FACED planners have conceded defeat to an amateur football club after admitting they had imposed “ridiculous” conditions.Read

Haltwhistle United look for victory in match times row

AN amateur football club which fell foul of planners is set for an extra-time victory off the pitch tonight. Read

Haltwhistle residents' anger over rat infestation

RESIDENTS are claiming that part of their small town is being over run by rats and that the council isn't doing enough to get rid of them.Read

Church building

Places of worship in Haltwhistle and South Tyne

Locations and contact details for churches in the Haltwhistle, Haydon Bridge and South Tyne areaRead

Theft from Haltwhistle Conservative Club

THIEVES who broke into the Conservative Club in Haltwhistle, Northumberland got away with cash and a beer keg.Read

County champion has to take second spot at Roman Wall Show

NORTHUMBERLAND County Show's champion of champion had to settle for the reserve champion spot at the weekend's Roman Wall Sheep Show.Read

Volunteers to staff extra Haltwhistle library hours

LOCAL volunteers will be sought to provide longer opening hours for book lovers at a Northumberland library which is being revamped at a cost of £2.2m.Read

Trees Can’t Dance back in business as new owner takes over

CHILLI sauce will still be made in Northumberland after a new owner stepped in to take over production.Read

Haltwhistle farmer injured in fall down disued mine shaft

AFARMER is lucky to be alive after he fell down a disused mine shaft beneath his land.Read

Bosses in pledge to build care complex in Haltwhistle

A COMMITMENT to building a £3.7m flagship housing and care complex for older people in a Northumberland town has been given by council bosses.Read

Haltwhistle care home likely to close down in days

A CARE home which will soon have almost 30 staff but not a single resident could be closed within days.Read

Helpful friends in frame for prize

WALKERS helping to improve some of Northumberland’s most scenic rural locations have put themselves in the frame for a national photography competition.Read

102-year-old Northumberland woman facing move

A FRAIL widow is facing the prospect of having to move out of the rural market town where she has lived for the whole of her life – at the age of 102.Read

Award-winning Northumberland farm shop up for sale

SOMEONE could soon become the region’s very own Natasha Wylde as an award-winning Northumberland farm shop has been put up for sale with a £650,000 price tag.Read

Chef Richard Sim

Restaurateurs get taste of local food

FOOD producers from Northumberland came face to face with the region’s restaurant owners yesterday at a Journal Taste event.Read

Woman unfairly sacked from Northumbrian Independent Estate Agents

A WOMAN who was wrongly sacked from her job at an estate agent has been awarded more than £13,000 following an employment tribunal.Read

Ali Johnson's funeral held in Haltwhistle

HUNDREDS of mourners lined the streets of a Northumberland town to pay their respects to inspirational Ali Johnson.Read

Haltwhistle teacher focuses on new career in film

A FORMER deputy headteacher has made an unusual career change after quitting the classroom to make pop videos.Read

Haltwhistle teenager killed on unlit rail crossing

THE family of a Northumberland teenager killed by a train on a crossing last night led calls for it to be closed.Read

Urgent work on Hadrian’s Wall restoration project

PRESERVATON work is taking place at the double on a key stretch of Hadrian’s Wall. And the £200,000 project at Great Chesters Farm near Haltwhistle in Northumberland is a tale of two walls.Read

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