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Wooler care home closure spark daughter's fears for mum May 24 2012

A WORRIED daughter fears her vulnerable mother will be “frightened” by a forced move from her sheltered housing complex following a decision to close the accommodation unit.Read

Wooler Library is leading the way to help the town May 18 2012

A LIBRARY run by an award-winning council/community partnership has been officially opened.Read

Mystery over Sir Joshua Reynolds masterpiece May 12 2012

SHE was an 18th Century Marlene Dietrich; a beautiful young German actress with a sparkle in her eyes, a knowing smile, and a singing voice which captivated London’s Georgian society.Read

Borders Gliding Club get their hands on the Hotspur Trophy May 10 2012

A TROPHY competed for by rival North gliding clubs over the decades has changed hands for the first time in three years.Read

Contents of Roddam Hall to go under the hammer Apr 28 2012

A STRAW fox, a carved ostrich egg and a cast iron toilet are just some of the weird and wonderful things up for sale at a very special auction. Read

Axe set to fall on Wooler sheltered housing complex Apr 26 2012

A SHELTERED housing complex for the elderly in a Northumberland village is to close.Read

Wooler residents get chance to grow community garden Apr 25 2012

GREEN-FINGERED residents of a Northumberland village are being offered the chance to grow their own at a new community garden.Read

Newcastle army veteran becomes gliding club's oldest flier Apr 19 2012

A 74-YEAR-old grandfather has become a Northumberland gliding club's oldest solo flier, clinching his pilot’s wings in the process.Read

World Harmony Run comes to Wooler and Alnwick Mar 20 2012

NORTHUMBERLAND will welcome the world’s longest relay run this week.Read

Quad bike stolen from farm at Wooperton near Wooler Feb 22 2012

THIEVES are being hunted by police after a quad bike was stolen from a farm in Northumberland.Read

Jewellery stolen from house at Thornton near Cornhill Feb 22 2012

JEWELLERY worth about £5,000 was stolen by thieves who got into a house in north Northumberland through an upstairs window.Read

British and French troops stage live fire training at Otterburn Feb 17 2012

LIVE fire exercises were staged in Northumberland as the commander of the Army’s land forces met British and French soldiers.Read

Police issue description of Wooler cigarette thieves Feb 15 2012

CIGARETTES worth more than £3,000 were stolen in a raid on a Northumberland shop.Read

Cigarettes stolen from Co-op store in Wooler Feb 13 2012

THIEVES stole more than £3,000 worth of cigarettes in a raid on a Northumberland village store.Read

Retained firefighters recruitment events planned Feb 02 2012

TWO open events will be held later this month as part of a drive to recruit more retained firefighters to serve in Berwick and Wooler.Read

Police appeal after failed Wooler metal raid Feb 01 2012

POLICE are appealing for information following a failed attempt to steal a vehicle and a trailer full of scrap metal from a site in Berwick.Read

Eco-museum sites to mark the Battle of Flodden Jan 17 2012

THE first 12 sites have been designated in a landscape-scale eco-museum to mark next year’s 500th anniversary of the Battle of FloddenRead

Busy year for Northumberland tourism staff Dec 20 2011

TOURIST information centres in north Northumberland have been busier this year than last, despite the continuing economic downturn.Read

Devoted former Wooler school teacher dies at 97 Dec 13 2011

A POPULAR Northumberland teacher who funded the education of children leaving his school has died, aged 97.Read

Wooler library reopens for community Nov 02 2011

A TOWN’S library reopened yesterday as part of a new community hub designed to make public services more accessible for local people.Read