Thursday, 09 September 2010

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More UFOs over town

POTENTIAL alien space crafts have been spotted over Prudhoe for the second time in two months.

Last updated 6 September 2010
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Hexham students enter the GCSE record books

TALENTED teenagers across Tynedale were celebrating last week as the latest clutch of students from the district’s high schools learned their fate.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Trudy’s game show fortune

A LUCKY legal secretary from Stamfordham has bagged £20,000 on the ITV game show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Arabs bow the knee to Karen’s trotter

SHE wasn’t even meant to be riding, but that didn’t stop Hexham endurance enthusiast, Karen Shotton, from winning for England at the weekend.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Prudhoe community centre set for closure

PRUDHOE’S once-thriving West Wylam Community Centre looks certain to close.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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£2m refit heralds new era for Robbs

ROBBS rose phoenix-like from the ashes this week when the first phase of a £2 million refit was unveiled to the public.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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And a wild time was had by all

The Wild West Dads’ Day at Hexham’s Sele was a rootin’ tootin’ success.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Our fruity folk can plum-p for 60 varieties

YOU won’t find Jimmy Moore and Johnny Rawes alongside Victoria on the shelves of just any old greengrocer.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Allendale Flower show results

HORTICULTURE

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Blanchland show results

HORTICULTURAL

Last updated 3 September 2010
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News in brief

THE picturesque Belsay Estate is set to be the venue for a fund-raising walk in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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News in brief

A DAY of old-fashioned family fun will be held at Ovington tomorrow with the return of the village’s summer fete.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Stage society founder dies

ONE of Hexham’s leading lights in the world of amateur dramatics, who was also one of Britain’s top bridge players, has died at the age of 95.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Bikers head for pub

Bikers from all over Northumberland will be gathering at the Tap and Spile pub, Battle Hill, Hexham on Monday evening for the inaugural meeting of a new local motorcycle group.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Youngsters enjoy taste of Army life

AS Northumbria Army Cadet Force gets ready to march into Bellingham later this month, a fun day was held in the village to capture the imagination of locals.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Marcus steps up the mark

AFTER spending four months teaching as a volunteer in a school in Tanzania, Marcus Lees-Millais was so moved by the plight of the youngsters that he vowed to do more.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Laser danger

TOY guns fitted with a powerful laser sight that has been outlawed have been sold in Haltwhistle.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Specialist shop for the great outdoors is closing its doors

A STORE specialising in outdoor clothing has closed in Haltwhistle just two years after launching.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Bowls from the USA...

following final contract signings this week, the builders move in on Monday to begin work on Hexham’s Wentworth Leisure Centre’s eight lane, tenpin bowling centre.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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Calves from far and wide make show the best yet

IT’S always been a show for black and white cows, but by mixing things up a little at this year’s Northumbria Holstein Breeders Club show, attendance was bigger than ever.

Last updated 3 September 2010
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