Updated 10:11am 24 May 2013

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Glendale Middle School hits out at health and safety decision

COUNCIL bosses who are refusing to let Northumberland schoolchildren climb the county’s highest peak are doing so despite a health and safety exemption, it has emerged.Read

Twins born in different countries

TWINS were born in different countries after a Northumberland mum was rushed to hospital.Read

College Valley residents bring in cash for lifesavers

A BAND of residents in one of Britain’s most remote valleys have raised almost £6,500 for a lifesaving service.Read

Wooler care home closure spark daughter's fears for mum

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

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

Mystery over Sir Joshua Reynolds masterpiece

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

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

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

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

Wooler residents get chance to grow community garden

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

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

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

Quad bike stolen from farm at Wooperton near Wooler

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

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

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

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

Cigarettes stolen from Co-op store in Wooler

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

Retained firefighters recruitment events planned

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

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

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