Updated 3:18pm 25 May 2013

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Corbridge news

The Feathers Inn presented with another national award

A TOP Northumberland inn has scooped another national award.Read

Toploader to headline 2013 Corbridge Festival

A CHART-topping band from the 1990s is to appear at a village music festival in Northumberland.Read

November reopening date planned for Lord Crewe Arms

ONE of the North East’s most famous hotels could be open again by November, almost two years after closing.Read

Slaley Rose and Crown pub purchase plan off to flying start

VILLAGERS’ hopes of buying their local pub have got off to a flying start, with more than £20,000 already put into the share purchase fund to buy the Rose and Crown at Slaley, Northumberland.Read

Parents in call for answers over departure of Corbridge school head

PARENTS are still fighting for answers over the departure of a popular first school headteacher.Read

Hedley on the Hill new homes plan rejected by council planners

PLANS for seven new houses in a secluded Northumbrian village have been rejected.Read

Hedley on the Hill new homes plan could be thrown out

PLANS for seven new houses on the fringe of a Northumberland village could be thrown out – even though most of the village is in support.Read

Call for safety improvements on A68 road at site of fatal smash

SAFETY improvements on a Northumberland road where a groom-to-be was killed have been called for.Read

Corbridge housing plans to be discussed at meeting

A PUBLIC meeting will be held tonight to discuss controversial plans from housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to build 54 homes on two sites in Corbridge, Northumberland.Read

Protest over bid to build new Corbridge homes

VILLAGERS are preparing to fight off plans for 54 new homes which they claim would wreck their lifestyle.Read

Northumberland County Show fears as road repairs delayed

HIGHWAYS officers are waiting for special Defra clearance over a badger sett before repairing a major road landslip, it was revealed last night.Read

Meeting to discuss Corbridge new homes plan

A PUBLIC meeting to discuss plans for 54 new homes in Corbridge has been arranged for Corbridge Parish Hall on Wednesday, March 13.Read

Corbridge fashion shop has £6,000 worth of clothes stolen

RAIDERS snatched thousands of pounds worth of designer clothing from an exclusive fashion shop after smashing in a side door.Read

Confusion as UK coal sells land ahead of Whittonstall opencast hearing

THE OPENCAST firm bidding to dig over 2m tonnes of coal from a scenic site on the Durham-Northumberland border has sold the land just weeks before a decision is due.Read

Feathers Inn owners fear for future if Whittonstall opencast goes ahead

OWNERS of a multi-award-winning pub in Northumberland say it may close if controversial plans for an opencast mine nearby are given the go-ahead.Read

Northumberland County Show organisers in road closure fears

ORGANISERS of one of the region’s most popular events fear traffic chaos after it was announced that one of two main roads into it would not be fixed for another six months.Read

Whittonstall opencast would harm our sick boy, says father

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy with a chronic lung condition may be forced to leave the school he loves if opencast coal proposals on a village’s fringe are given the go-ahead.Read

Opposition mounts against Whittonstall opencast plans

OPENCAST battle lines are being drawn at a prime rural site as the fight against a 2m-tonne dig gathers force.Read

Meeting to be held on Hoodsclose opencast

A PUBLIC meeting to discuss the planned Hoodsclose opencast development at Whittonstall is to be held on Thursday January 17.Read

Public debates on the state of Northumberland

PEOPLE across Northumberland are being invited to share their views on the current state of the county at three public debates next week.Read