SCHOOLS across Northumberland are to get their own mini-wind turbines and eco-friendly heating systems as council bosses step up a £7m investment programme in renewable energy.Read
A CHARITY which carries out international work to support needy women has been given a financial boost by a special literary event inspired by famed North East suffragette Emily Davison.Read
A TINY TV production company based in Northumberland has secured a major breakthrough after being commissioned to prepare a series for a national network.Read
ALMOST 800 new jobs could be created in Northumberland over the next three years under “challenging” plans to further grow the county’s vital visitor industry, it is claimed.Read
AN ambitious art studio project is flying its colours after getting a life-saving cash boost. Whistle Art Stop in Haltwhistle, Northumberland faced a cash-flow black hole after an Arts Council funding bid failed.Read
FRUSTRATED villagers fear a coal company is planning to press ahead with a controversial landfill operation to finally solve the problem of a leaking lake in Northumberland.Read
A LATE change has been made to the panel for a BBC Question Time-style debate to be held at St Benet Biscop High School in Bedlington on Friday night.Read
CHILDREN from Mowbray First School in Guide Post will visit their local library tomorrow for a sneak preview of new books which they helped to secure and choose.Read
TRAFFIC lights which have sparked a storm of protest in a market town remain “almost universally unpopular” with local people, a campaign group has claimed.Read
A POPULAR North East author has published a new edition of one of her novels to help mark the 100th anniversary of the death of famed women’s rights campaigner Emily Wilding Davison.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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THE Duke of Northumberland’s Estates have been accused of a “get rich quick” attitude to the region’s farmers after hitting hundreds of them with inflation-busting rent rises.Read