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Plans to revive Allendale market after 150 year absence

JournalLive — Fri, 18 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

IT’S the market town where no market has been held for around 150 years. It even has a Market Square ... but no market graces its ancient cobbles.

Crackdown launched on speeding drivers in Northumberland

JournalLive — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A NORTHUMBERLAND councillor has joined forces with local police officers to slow speeding motorists.

The hen harrier is teetering on breeding extinction

JournalLive — Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT

ENGLAND'S most threatened bird of prey - the hen harrier - is teetering on the brink of extinction as a breeding bird, warn experts.

Top mark for Northumberland service which guards young

JournalLive — Mon, 14 May 2012 23:00:00 GMT

SERVICES which protect children and young people from harm in Northumberland have been rated as outstanding, and among the best in the country, by national watchdogs.

Spill on road may have led to crash which killed knight

JournalLive — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A PATCH of oil or diesel may have caused the catastrophic crash which claimed the life of a Northumberland knight.

Concern in Allendale over hold-up on Dale Hotel plans

JournalLive — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

PLANS to revive a run-down centrepiece building in the heart of a scenic Northumberland village have gone on hold in a row over affordable housing.

Talks staged on North East’s history

JournalLive — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

NORTHUMBERLAND’S fighting spirit is on the agenda for Newcastle University historian John Sadler in a series of Tynedale library lectures in the next two months.

Allendale teenager starts leatherwork apprenticeship

JournalLive — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

MUCH like an apprentice from a bygone era, a teenager from Northumberland is learning the ancient art of leatherwork as part of a modern-day apprenticeship scheme.

Allenheads Natural Ability charity gets Lottery fund boost

JournalLive — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A CHARITY has had its future assured by a £330,000 lottery fund boost. The cash injection gives Northumberland’s Natural Ability five years of funding to enable them to develop ambitious plans.

Weather warning for Northumberland as forecasters predict cold spell

JournalLive — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

SNOW has returned to the North East, and forecasters are warning there might be more to come.

Praise as rural communities join forces to push down heating bills

JournalLive — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:29:00 GMT

RURAL communities in the North East have won praise in Parliament after joining forces to push down the price of heating oil.

Thousands left in dark after power cuts in gales

JournalLive — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

OVER 3,400 properties across Northumberland and Durham suffered power cuts during the severe gales of the last 48 hours.

Allendale centenarian set to take part in historic parade

JournalLive — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:24:00 GMT

AS A child of five in 1916, Allen Smith watched in awe as his father James carried a blazing barrel above his head in the traditional Allendale New Year Tar Bar’l ceremony.

Quad bike champ Mark Watson killed in Alston crash

JournalLive — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 08:15:00 GMT

TOP quad bike racing champion Mark Watson was killed after the car he was driving left the road and smashed into a house in Alston, Cumbria.

Allendale Middle School celebrates 50th anniversary

JournalLive — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ALLENDALE Middle School will open up the pages of the past as it celebrates a 50-year anniversary.

Plans to turn Allendale's Dale Hotel into housing

JournalLive — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 08:10:00 GMT

AN eyesore former hotel which has stood empty and decaying for six years could be set for a new lease of life.

Allendale villagers ready for launch of pioneering project

JournalLive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE North East village chosen as one of 17 planning pioneers under Government localism policy will launch the scheme next week.

Allenheads television viewers set for digital TV

JournalLive — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

HUNDREDS of television viewers around the remote Northumberland villages of Allenheads and Sparty Lee will for the first time have digital TV.

Dale Singers of Allendale get new conductor

JournalLive — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

FOLLOWING the departure for Spain of choirmaster Ed Aldcroft, the Dale Singers of Allendale will start life next week with a new conductor, Sophia Castro.

Extra police patrols as 999 service out of action in Tynedale

JournalLive — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

EXTRA police patrols were put on the streets in two areas after thousands of people were unable to dial 999 from landline phones at the weekend.