Labour members in Bedlington are calling on Northumberland County Council to intervene and protect woodland that could be under threat from development.
The GCSE results at Bedlington Academy today show significant improvements across the board, with the number of grades 9-7 (old A*-A grades) awarded having more than doubled from the previous year.
A fund-rasier organised by the family of a teenager who was the victim of a car crash in a Bedlington street will take place exactly one year after her death.
The number of magistrates in the Northumbria service, which covers courts in Bedlington and Berwick, has plummeted by more than a third in just three years – one of the steepest drops across the whole of England and Wales.
Matthew Booth, of the 2522 Bedlington Air Cadet Squadron, enjoyed an unforgettable day earlier this month as he attended the Queen’s garden party at Buckingham Palace, hosted by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.
Plans to rejuvenate Bedlington town centre are moving to the next stage after funds were released by the board of Northumberland County Council’s regeneration company for a multi-million pound re-development.