BIRTHDAY HONOURS
TWO Tynedale residents have been honoured by the Queen in her Birthday Honours List.
Blanchland: Family ties see brothers unveil village plaque
OVER 60 people attended a ceremony in Blanchland on Sunday to commemorate the village’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
Hexham: Suzy shares her story in a bid to help the bereaved
TYNEDALE Hospice at Home has a new bereavement services co-ordinator and assistant.
Sheepdog society goes pink for Jill’s favourite charity
BEFORE she died shepherdess Jill Fairweather dreamed of organising a pink sheepdog trial to raise funds for a cause close to her heart.
Haltwhistle: Family’s tributes to ‘gentle giant’ killed in road crash
A HALTWHISTLE man was killed in a crash in Cumbria this week.
Morris dancers fly the flag for a fine English tradition
THEY followed in the footsteps of Prince Harry, but the reception they received was (almost) as rapturous.
Regatta gains from Olympics legacy
HEXHAM was the place to be for hundreds of rowers from across the North-East on Saturday.
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This week in... 1970
Friday, June 19th, 1970Boreholes were to be sunk on a site destined for old people's flats at West Wylam.
Work was due to start on the houses at the end of August, but Prudhoe Urban Council decided to sanction the test drilling after fears the properties' foundations would need reinforcing because of subsidence.




