Put in the picture on famous relative
A MAN is finding out more about his Morpeth roots after coming face to face with his famous great, great, great grandfather.When Trevor Longstaff and his wife Megan began looking into their family...
View ArticleFootball funding scored
HADSTON House Youth and Community Projects has secured funding from Isos Housing for a 20-week soccer school at the field of the former Druridge Bay Middle School.The sessions, which started yesterday,...
View ArticleNotification break down
TOWN councillors say they are not being informed of events in their community.The issue was raised at Morpeth Town Council’s Planning and Transport Committee when members received notice of a road...
View ArticleTown Hall displays offer a trip down memory lane
A GLIMPSE into Morpeth’s history is being offered by a local heritage group.Morpeth Antiquarian Society is displaying items from its collections in two cabinets at the Town Hall.The group is using the...
View ArticleApproval for rugby club
MORPETH Rugby Club has scored permanent permission for a new pitch, which its delighted president says will assist the flourishing junior section and develop the grass-roots game in the area.The...
View ArticleVets as judges may not be best in class
SUMMER is here and so is the animal-showing season.By the time this column is published, my parents will have spent three (hopefully productive) days showing sheep at the Great Yorkshire Show. The...
View ArticleBlooms set for scrutiny
BLOOM judging dates have been announced for Morpeth.Judges from Northumbria In Bloom will visit on the morning of Tuesday, July 23, while the Britain In Bloom summer assessment will be on Tuesday,...
View ArticleNew event is big hit
DESPITE some activities having to go indoors, it was all smiles at Ponteland Children’s Centre first open day.More than 250 young people, parents and carers had plenty to enjoy, including...
View ArticleBookies’ bid fails to set town council aflutter
CONCERNS have been raised about plans to open a bookmakers shop in an area of Morpeth.Coral Racing has applied to Northumberland County Council for a change of use at a vacant building in Abbey...
View ArticleFlood work among bids for council approval
THE following planning applications have been submitted to Northumberland County Council.Belsay: Mr Robert Leiper, land north west of Bygate, Black Heddon, proposed steel portal framed extension...
View ArticleGrant help for church
A CHURCH has received its annual grant from Ponteland Town Council.Members of the authority agreed to give £300 to the Holy Saviour Church in Milbourne.The money will go towards meeting the costs of...
View ArticleAnglers are caught out
UNLICENSED anglers have been brought to book.The Environment Agency’s Fisheries Enforcement Officers have carried out 2,285 licence checks on rivers, lakes and ponds from North Yorkshire to...
View ArticleYoungsters causing problems at shelter
YOUTHS are causing nuisance at a bus shelter, congregating and urinating at the site and sitting on the roof, worried residents have said.There have also been claims that youngsters are jumping from...
View ArticleBid begins for huge mine at beauty spot
PLANS to extract around seven million tonnes of coal near a Northumberland beauty spot have been revealed by Banks Mining.The company has begun initial consultation over the bid for an opencast site at...
View ArticleTraffic lights will be removed
UNPOPULAR Morpeth traffic lights are coming out.The controversial signals at Telford Bridge will be removed in the autumn and a roundabout reinstated for a temporary six-month trial.However, members of...
View ArticleProjects that prove we love our county
ENVIRONMENTAL champions across the county have been recognised in the Love Northumberland Awards.The gongs were organised by Northumberland County Council as part of its long-running campaign to...
View ArticleCar theft at cemetery
A WIDOW had her car stolen while she was tending her husband’s grave.The 76-year-old woman had parked next to Fairmoor Cemetery in Morpeth at about 12.15pm on Monday.She left her keys inside the car...
View ArticleDevelopers bid for 395 new homes
ALMOST 400 new homes could be built on the edge of Morpeth.Barratt David Wilson Homes and Tees Valley Housing have presented plans for up to 395 houses to be built to the south of Stobhill, on fields...
View ArticleSlideshow - Morpeth In Bloom
Morpeth is looking at it’s blooming best as it prepares for the visit if Northumbria In Bloom and Britain In Bloom judges. Beautiful floral diplsys, including a number of new ones, are to be seen...
View ArticleBrewing up funds
COFFEE and cakes were served up to customers in Morpeth as the Leeds Building Society raised funds for charity.The Bridge Street branch organised the coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer...
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