LAND near a North East coastal beauty spot is the latest site to be hit by the scourge of illegal fly-tipping – which cost the region almost £3m last year.Read
FRESH conflict has erupted over the development of UK wind farms following a new claim that every job in the sector is effectively costing £100,000 a year in consumer subsidies.Read
A RETIRED financier has made a marathon journey of more than 10,000 miles to take part in events and activities marking the 100th anniversary of the death of famed North East suffragette Emily Davison.Read
A SMALL piece of mining history has been added to a special chapel created to remember those who lost their lives while toiling underground in the days when coal was king in the North East.Read
WORK has started on putting together a multi-million pound funding package that could result in a long-awaited Northumberland rail project finally getting the green light.Read
A GREEN power company is to create up to 140 jobs in an £80m renewable energy investment which will help a leading North East drugs firm reduce its carbon footprint.Read
A BID to kick-start ambitious plans for a £50m, 700-job holiday and leisure complex in Northumberland has sparked objections from local community leaders.Read
A WAR memorial which was believed to have been destroyed in a fire at a North East school has apparently turned up more than 40 years later – hundreds of miles away in Holland.Read
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
SUFFRAGETTE Emily Davison had no intention of committing suicide on the day she suffered fatal injuries while carrying out her high-profile – and tragic – protest during the 1913 Epsom Derby.Read
BRITISH and American troops repelled German invaders on a Northumberland beach at the weekend as Blyth hosted its fourth annual Second World War re-enactment.Read
CONTACTS in high-tech places have helped North East students reach the final of a prestigious national awards scheme designed to nurture the next generation of scientists and engineers.Read
STRICT controls aimed at protecting wildlife and the local environment have been included in a £12m contract to deliver a long-awaited flood defence upgrade for a Northumberland market town, it is claimed.Read
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
CAMPAIGNERS who have twice defeated controversial house building plans in their Northumberland market town say they remain confident of a third success, despite suffering a legal setback.Read
A SENIOR Labour councillor will today offer peace talks in the hope of resolving a dispute which has led to council staff launching industrial action.Read
LOTTERY cash will help pay for a programme of events marking the centenary of the death of suffragette Emily Davison in the town where she was laid to rest.Read
AREDUNDANT supermarket is being taken apart piece by piece, clearing the way for the arrival of a flagship £20m leisure and community centre in a Northumberland town.Read
CAMPAIGNERS who won a remarkable victory in their battle against a major housing development could still end up losing the war following a significant legal ruling.Read
WHEN hotelier Jane Heap moved back to her North East home town, she was keen to help efforts to attract more visitors and revive its economic fortunes.Read
APPROVAL has been given for a pioneering, £1.3m loans scheme which aims to provide the final pieces in the jigsaw for high speed broadband coverage across Northumberland.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 SPECIAL team of grass cutters has been brought in to restore a uniquely traditional method of grounds maintenance at an historic North East park.Read
A PROUD teenager from the North East says she was deeply honoured to be chosen to unveil a new memorial to the life of famed suffragette Emily Wilding Davison.Read
THE massive landform dubbed the Lady of the North has racked up the latest in a series of successes in prestigious design industry “beauty contests”.Read
A POWER company criticised for both raising bills and for controversial wind farm developments in the North East countryside has come under fresh fire for not paying tax.Read
UNION officials say they warned managers at a North East council that budget cuts were threatening the authority’s food safety monitoring and enforcement regime.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
LABOUR will get the economy of Northumberland moving again by building hundreds of much-needed homes if it wins control of the county council next month, a senior party figure claimed yesterday.Read
FREE pitches are being made available at traditional street markets in Northumberland in a bid to help budding entrepreneurs turn their ideas into reality.Read