Adam Hogg

call their bluff? Then if they continue get a cold wet fish.

Three options are open to NCC with council tax for the next three years: No change, Decrease or Increase above 2.5%, 1% increase equates to £1.6 million, note this year 2012/13 the government have offered funding to freeze council tax levels. That is what has been stated by the Executive Member for Corporate Resources Councillor Andrew Tebbutt, now i doubt NCC will have no change or a decrease, so whats left? But i completely agree with you Malcolm why pay twice? you don't go to a garage to fill up your car and say, "pump number 3," then, "that will be £20," and then get, "another £20 please," for your fuel.

Well it is in their budget and was in the report about the precept this year, but we have never needed extra cuts before so why charge for them, we should be getting the same quality and amount of cuts as we have gotten over the years from BUDC, WDC and NCC before 2012.

But Malcolm what is the £6,500 for grass cutting that West Bedlington Town Council charge for, or maybe one of the Town Councillors can anwer that.

It is called the end of Bedlington Urban District Council and the beginning of Wansbeck District Council.

All I have to say about the THI is excellent work, they all deserve a big thank you, pat on the back and a drink.

It is as keith says, Malcolm the problem with self employment is Capital you must have money to make money and also people not paying you once you do the job.

I know the feeling keith, the hoops you have to jump through only to be told they where the wrong ones to jump through. It is enough to drive you mad.

I'm old, shows it by my music taste . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c49klxPex-k

I understand the health of the time, my grandads worked at a lot of pits in the area both have health problems now but they would go back down the pit again if they could and many other people i know have said the same "if the pits had not shut we would still go down them." It is up to the people you talk to but personally as i have said many times before if any pit was open in the north east i would go down it to work, hot, cold, dry, damp, dirty or clean i would not mind at all.

My Dad was and he did not mind it and personally i would perfer the old pit heap to any new housing (what is to be built on the church hall) or what is behind netherton hall, but also some pits never had heaps.

Ah yes got mixed up with my left and right, saying that if it was done before 68 and was a bit to the left you would have got cambois colliery in. Which it looks like, right in the background of the first picture, if im not mistaken.

Would have been better foxy if you had been looking a bit to the left and got Bates Colliery in the photo, but that just my personal opinion.

northumberlandia?

Welcome Keith, hope you enjoy yourself here.

Hi Alan and welcome hope you enjoy yourself here.

Good idea they need some grass cutters, will have to by a ford transit and trailer with a ride on lawn mower and a strimmer, but then again it would be self employed and i don't want to do because of bad experiences with people not paying.

Give me Bates colliery over wind trubines any day of the week, i would choose Bates every time.

I guess but sooner would be better, but with all the stuff going on in south east northumberland: Alcan Closing, County council cutting jobs and others it feels like never will be the one, not sooner or later

As a mater of fact i would love to work down one, have looked at the UK coal website for jobs with them but there are none at the moment

Great Video, you must walk very fast

Darn it I was spotted on the market cross.

Happy Birthday Foxy , 19 Again?

With an unemployment rate of 145,000 people in the north east i think it will be later.

Does the ex local MP count? If not i have met David and Carrie Grant when i was in high school, at the time i did not know who they were , they were both very nice people to talk to, very down to earth.