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Satisfied customers vote park the best
FOR the second year running, a caravan site in Acomb has been declared the region’s best.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Methodist chapel closes after serving village for 145 years
THIS weekend’s Easter service signalled the end of the line for Wall Methodist Chapel.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Brewery success sparks expansion
A TYNEDALE brewery is hoping to pour many more pints over the coming year.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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MasterChef serves up success at his local
A TYNEDALE chef, who shot to fame on BBC2 cooking show MasterChef: The Professionals, has hosted a sell-out pop-up restaurant night at one of the district’s best-loved gastro-pubs.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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June dates for schooling event
DATES for open schooling days at Bywell were incorrectly reported in last week’s Courant.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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When in Rome – eat like the Romans
AN expert in Roman cookery will be demonstrating his skills in Tynedale tomorrow.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Sainsbury’s staff have a laugh and raise £1,600
STAFF at the Sainsbury’s store in Haltwhistle have raised an impressive £1,600 for Comic Relief.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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High note for school as council donates cash to promote music
CASH raised from the sale of Haltwhistle’s historic silver band room will be spent on the town’s next generation of musicians.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Redesdale village notes
THE proceeds from the recent fundraising whist and domino drives held at Rochester Village Hall have been donated to a particularly worthy good cause.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Chollerton village notes
DESPITE the weather there was a good turnout for quiz night on Friday, March 22, and after a raucous main quiz, ‘Lishmans Lunatics’ won by two points.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Riding Mill village notes
I HOPE you all enjoyed your Easter celebrations. At least the weather was bright, if a little chilly compared with this time last year.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Greenhead village notes
WHAT a terrific night of laughter and happiness on Easter Sunday in the Greenhead Hotel as the Ha Ha Hadrian’s Wall Walkers, comedians raising money for the Children’s Kidney Unit at the RVI, put during a show, on their trek from west to east.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Ovingham village notes
OVINGHAM Women’s Institute will meet on Monday, April 8, at 7.30pm, in the reading room.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Slaley village notes
BACK in the dark ages (around the 80s) this correspondent remembers being snowbound in Slaley on April 1, and the school secretary thought it was an April Fool!
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Barrel team crack pub’s Easter race
MANY of Tynedale’s Easter traditions may be age-old fixtures on community calendars, but it was the younger generation leading the way this weekend.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Ovington village notes
THE Joiners Bank Project, which is the village’s very own nature park, (featuring a walking path, exercising equipment and an array of horticultural produce), should be completed over the following four to six weeks after a setback in the opening date due to poor weather conditions severely disrupting building work.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Heddon village notes
AS I walked around the village with the family friends dog, it was fantastic to see areas within the parish that have shown great improvement following the community tidy-up.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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March was coldest for 50 years
NOT since the infamous winter of 1963 has Tynedale experienced a March as cold as this year’s.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Wylam village notes
ON Tuesday, April 16, the Women’s Institute will be looking at nostalgic views of the North with John Moreels.
Last updated 10 April 2013
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Wark village notes
DEDICATED followers of the Hexham Courant and these notes might remember that the AGMs of the recreational charity and sports club and of the town hall often take place on the same date, or at least they did in 2010 and 2011. Well, you’ll be pleased to hear the same thing is happening in 2013!
Last updated 10 April 2013
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