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Boyband Eli Prime visit Highfield Middle School - GALLERY

AN up-and-coming boyband made a special visit to a North East school yesterday.Read

Prudhoe Town Council operating with too many members

BOUNDARY blunders have led to a town council operating for the last 14 years with more members than the law allows.Read

Emma Willis helps Ovington picnic playpark revival

BIG Brother presenter Emma Willis dug deep to lay the roots for the revival of a picnic playpark in a Tyne Valley village.Read

Prudhoe GP practice moves to modern premises

A GP practice in Prudhoe has moved to new premises from its formerly outdated home.Read

Prudhoe headteacher praised for buying vital equipment for pupils

A HEADTEACHER has told how funding pressures mean she has to dip into her own pocket to pay for vital equipment at her school.Read

Close House Riverside nature reserve hit by vandals

A NATURE reserve run by a charity in Northumberland has been targeted by vandals.Read

Lager stolen from Prudhoe United Services Club

BURGLARS stole lager during a burglary at a club last week.Read

Prudhoe firm Factory Fabrics recreates Titanic fabric

ONCE it adorned the luxurious staterooms of the world’s most famous ocean liner.Read

Prudhoe High School repair funding decision put back again

THE decision on Government funding for urgent school repairs has again been put back – leaving Northumberland schools facing a frustrating delay.Read

£10,000 reward for Wylam post office robbery information

A £10,000 reward is being offered to help bring to justice two brutal village post office robbers.Read

Stocksfield crime novelist Graham Pears to make debut as playwright

FROM crime scenes to stage scenes, Graham Pears has come a long way in a very different world since retiring as a Chief Superintendent with Northumbria Police.Read

Wylam post office master and wife make appeal after robbery

POLICE have stepped up efforts to find thugs who attacked and robbed a postmaster and his wife.Read

Wylam sub-post office

Elderly postmaster and wife attacked by crowbar gang

AN elderly postmaster and his wife were brutally beaten by crowbar-wielding masked robbers who escaped with cash in the couple’s car.Read

Passengers are removed from a Northern Rail train which hit a fallen tree on it's journey to Carlisle from Newcastle

Newcastle to Carlisle train hits fallen tree near Wylam

PASSENGERS miraculously escaped without injury after a tree crashed into the path of a train yesterday.Read

Prudhoe Community High School to launch games academy

A DESIGN academy opening next week is looking for North East youngsters with the imagination to develop the world’s next blockbuster computer games.Read

Jobs boost for SCA Hygiene Products in Prudhoe

THE future of one of Northumberland’s major employers has been secured with a production switch from Europe.Read

Son told he cannot build next door to parents in Hedley-on-the-Hill

AS A caring son, businessman John Clark wants to be able to take care of his ageing parents in the village where they have lived for nearly half a century.Read

Wylam Girl Guides saved after appeal for volunteers

A BROWNIES pack with a history going back several decades has been saved at the last minute after a desperate appeal for volunteers.Read

Northumberland licensing councillors to classify Stocksfield writer’s film

AWRITER is to have her new film exposed to the critical gaze of a panel of elected councillors – so that it can be shown to audiences at village halls and community centres in Northumberland.Read

Buddist monks make cultural visit to Prudhoe High School

COLOURFUL costumes, prayers and dancing lit up the Tyne Valley as part of a school exchange.Read

Meeting to decide Prudhoe £30m redevelopment plan is called off

CALLS for an inquiry were made last night after a crucial planning decision meeting on the future of Prudhoe town centre was called off at the 11th hour.Read

Decision looms on Duke's £30m plans for Prudhoe

THE economic crisis in the North East has added to the case for the commercial redevelopment of a Northumberland town centre, it has been claimed.Read

Prudhoe residents vow to fight Duke's plans

OBJECTORS to the Duke of Northumberland’s large-scale redevelopment proposals for Prudhoe town centre have pledged to fight to the last – even if a planning decision goes against them this week.Read

Masterchef finalist John Calton takes head chef job at South Shields pub

A CHEF who made the final of a national TV series has gone back to his roots on Tyneside.Read

MP Guy Opperman backs case for new Prudhoe school

MP GUY Opperman is pressing Education Secretary Michael Gove for private finance cash to go on a new school at Prudhoe.Read

Ovington red phone box to house a defibrillator

A RED phone box in Northumberland is to become a lifesaver – after an eleventh-hour cost scare.Read

Conmen fit Prudhoe cash machine with skimming device

CONMEN fitted a cash machine in a Northumberland town with a skimming device. The device was fitted to the Co-op ATM on Oakfield Terrace, Prudhoe.Read

Prudhoe pensioner died after weeks on bedroom floor

A PENSIONER died after lying on the floor of her home for up to three weeks when she banned her husband from getting help, an inquest heard.Read

The Battle of Newburn Ford is re-enacted

The Battle of Newburn Ford is re-enacted

RIFLES exploded into life as a famous battle between English and Scottish troops was re-enacted in the region yesterday.Read

Blackett Court in Wylam to go on private market

AN old people’s apartment complex that was closed after a lengthy battle is set to be put on the market by its new owner.Read

Donkeys to retire after 20 years at Cherryburn in the Tyne Valley

TWO popular staff members have retired from a North East visitor attraction after more than 20 years of doing the donkey work.Read

The scene in Stocksfield

Victim of Stocksfield shooting speaks as attackers jailed

A SHOOTING victim gunned down over an unpaid debt has told how he will never understand why his former friends chose to use a firearm to settle their score.Read

Prudhoe residents can view Ferndene development

ST MARY’S Church at Slaley has an art exhibition running through the weekend after last night’s wine and cheese party launch.Read

Bus opt-out leaves patients stranded

VILLAGERS say they have been left high and dry by a bus company’s decision to cut out a “difficult” estate.Read

Weekend of events in Wylam

THE 88th Wylam leek show is at the Fox and Hounds tomorrow from 6pm and on Sunday from noon till 3pm.Read

Wesy Wylam champagne shoplifter sought by police

A CHAMPAGNE shoplifter is being hunted by police after a theft from a garage shop.Read

Prudhoe traders seek new meeting on town plans

TRADERS’ leaders in Prudhoe are to seek a face-to-face meeting with planning chiefs to thrash out town centre redevelopment plans.Read

Prudhoe development plans blasted at meeting

PLANS to redevelop the centre of a Northumberland town were last night slammed as "a disgrace" by angry residents.Read

Andrew Mate at the phone box in Ovington

Defibrillator for Ovington village phone box

A VILLAGE has found an unusual use for an old phone box - swapping the phone line for a lifeline.Read

Public meeting on Prudhoe town centre plans

A PUBLIC meeting to debate the future of Prudhoe town centre takes place tonight at Prudhoe Community High School, Moor Road, at 6pm.Read

Man charged with arson at Prudhoe Fast Fix

A 53-YEAR-OLD man is to appear before Newcastle magistrates next month charged with arson at a Northumberland motor repair plant.Read

NHS staff to test out Prudhoe Hospital building

NORTH East NHS staff are gearing up for a unique live-in experience when they test out a brand new state of the art £27m building.Read

Ovingham Reading Room awarded quality status

OVINGHAM Reading Room, Northumberland, has been awarded Hallmark 1 status in a village hall quality standards scheme.Read

Approval given for Ovingham development

A CHICKEN shed is to be converted into two holiday lets in a Tyne Valley village.Read

Date set for Prudhoe town centre public meeting

THE public meeting over the Duke of Northumberland’s controversial plans to redevelop Prudhoe Town Centre has been fixed for Monday, September 5, at 6pm in Prudhoe Community High School.Read

Prudhoe road repairs ruined after torrential rain

TORRENTIAL rain closed a stretch of Northumberland road – just days after it had been resurfaced.Read

Donation buys film equipment for Adderlane First School

NORTHUMBERLAND schoolchildren are getting a taste for the film industry with the help of new state-of-the-art equipment.Read

Prudhoe mayor ‘shocked’ at police plan for meeting

A TOWN mayor has described as “shocking” plans to police a major public meeting on redevelopment plans.Read

Prudhoe pupils learn about electricity dangers

SHOCK tactics have been used to give pupils at a Northumberland school life-saving lessons as part of a new hard-hitting electricity safety campaign touring the North East.Read

Dr Ruth Fletcher

Investigation into death of Stocksfield doctor after diving tragedy

DIVING association PADI is launching an investigation into the death of a Northumberland doctor in the North Sea.Read

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