The Advertising Standards Authority said misleading claims could give false reassurance or make it harder to know when to ...

Government action to bring in short-term fixes to the asylum system has led to backlogs elsewhere and delays which have wasted taxpayers’ money, the public spending watchdog has found. A report by the ...

AHEAD of Christmas, several local charities are appealing to the public’s generosity as part of their annual winter fundraising drives.

Hays Travel, the UK’s largest independent travel agent, which has a site in Hexham, won gold in every category it was nominated for at the 2025 British Travel Awards.

The community is invited to free Christmas events at sheltered housing schemes in Corbridge and Warkworth. Abbeyfield are set to host Christmas parties on December 14, and December 16 respectively.

Multiple weather warnings remain in place on Wednesday as much of the UK continues to feel the effects of Storm Bram. Three yellow weather warnings for wind are active until Wednesday evening covering ...

Early-bird tickets are now available for the Belsay Horse Trials, taking place in Northumberland from May 15 to 17, 2026. The event, which stepped up to CCI4* level in 2025, will return next year with ...

Northumberland County Council has been granted more than £725,000 in taxpayer funding to explore the use of AI in planning relating to flood ...

A small Hexham company played a key role in launching the UK's offshore wind industry. The UK offshore wind sector took its first steps in 2000 with the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, a pilot project off ...

PLANNING permission for new homes has been approved in the centre of town. Castles & Coasts Housing Association (CCHA) aims to ease the shortage of affordable homes in Hexham with the approval of an ...

The National Archives’ display will also include Lord Alfred Douglas’s petition to Queen Victoria pleading for the release of ...

St Leonard’s RC School and Dame Allan’s Girls’ School are among the North East’s top winners in the list, which is recognised as the definitive ranking of the UK’s top primary and secondary state and ...