Updated 3:52pm 24 May 2013
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VOLUNTEER lifesavers who work from the oldest operational boathouse in the UK have taken possession of a brand new rescue vessel.Read
A NEW DVD has pulled together rare archive footage that explores what it meant to work in the North East’s coalfield.Read
REGENERATION schemes aimed at breathing new life into ailing high streets in two Northumberland towns are set to be given a major funding boost.Read
A LIFEBOAT crew from Newbiggin-by- the-Sea was called out to rescue a boat drifting out to sea in strong winds because of an engine problem.Read
THREE adventurers who have spent the last three months paddling round the UK are due home today.Read
A SEASIDE church is staging its biggest community event of the year this weekend.Read
A BID to provide new public toilets in a seaside town has been sent back to the drawing board after creating a split in the local community.Read
VOLUNTEERS at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea lifeboat station have been given a £180 funding boost by a group of shooting enthusiasts.Read
WITNESSES are being sought after a fire broke out in a barn on a Northumberland farm at the weekend.Read
PEOPLE and businesses in a seaside town are being invited to join a special team to plan its transformation using £94,000 of government funding.Read
A VISITOR centre on the coastline of Northumberland has won national acclaim for its pioneering approach to using renewable energy.Read
BOGUS workers at two North East takeaways were arrested in a series of raids during a crackdown on illegal immigrants.Read
A MOTORIST who was carrying a toddler in the back of his pick-up truck secured only with rope and propped up between bags of coal told police: “What’s the problem? He’s strapped in” when he was stopped by officers.Read
THE cheapest coastal town in England is Northumberland’s Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, a study published yesterday revealed.Read
A TOTAL of 29 beaches in the North East have been given top rating in an annual water quality survey.Read
NEW starters from a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station in Northumberland have put their training to good use.Read
THE family of a Northumberland teacher who died three weeks after a car crash have seen the driver who caused her death jailed.Read
A PENSIONER accused of trying to evade duty on large amounts of cigarettes and tobacco has been cleared of two of the three charges he faced.Read
A PENSIONER from Northumberland told a court he had no idea brown boxes loaded into his van were full of black market cigarettes.Read
A PENSIONER from Northumberland caught with nearly two tons of illicit tobacco was trying to evade duty of more than £300,000, a court heard.Read
