Some of Northumberland's finest produce will be on offer on Bank Holiday Monday as Rothbury holds its second food and craft festival.
Nearly 40 stalls featuring local handmade foods and crafts are expected to pack the Coquet Valley village's main street.
The Rothbury Food and Craft Festival 5 May 2008 - Susie Howey, from Food Local Food, serves customers
This year's festival follows the success of a similar event held on the first May Bank holiday last year which saw thousands of food lovers flock to picturesque Rothbury.
The Duke of Northumberland has been accused of displaying "insensitivity" to villagers over plans for further work in their community.
The Duke's development arm Northumberland Estates has submitted plans to Northumberland County Council to build three homes, three detached garages and a link road on land at Addycombe in Rothbury.
The site is close to where Northumberland Estates is halfway through building around 100 homes.
Gardeners from Northumberland are being invited to a free Rhododendron event next month.
The event will take place on Saturday May 16 and the following Sunday at Heighley Gate Nursery & Garden Centre in Morpeth.
Representatives from the National Trust's Cragside property, which is located at Rothbury, will be at the garden centre on the Sunday to give talks and advice. For more information call (01670) 513416 or visit www.heighleygate.com
Bosses at Northumberland's new super council have been accused of failing to comply with an independent regulator's guidance by providing an 0845 number for people who need to contact the authority.
Bob Watson is unhappy that Northumberland County Council's new number is premium rate
Members of the public who telephone the all-purpose council - which came into being on April 1 following the switch to unitary local government - now have to use a single number, 0845 600 6400, to speak to call handlers.
The charm of the Cheviot Hills is made up of a beguiling mixture of ingredients. There is the dramatic landscape, the diversity of wildlife, sense of remoteness and tranquillity, and a long legacy of history ranging from the prehistoric and hill forts to the medieval and beyond.
This autumn will see the culmination of the two-year Cheviot Hills Heritage Project, which set out to explore, research and celebrate the area and its people.
Jane Riddell, from Northumberland National Park, who is leading the project
It has centred on four communities on the English side of the Cheviots - Alwinton, Ingram, Wooler and Kirknewton, and three on the Scottish side of the fence in Yetholm, Morebattle and Oxnam.
Springhill have won this year's Robson Cup after beating Alnwick Town Reserves 2-0.
The match played at Shielfield Park in Berwick had a goalless first half, but Springhill went ahead following a penalty scored by Kristian Neil.
Alnwick keeper Gordon Sanders kept his team in the game with a string of good saves but could do nothing as Adam Roberts scored with a well-struck effort to give Springhill a second goal.
A bust of Sir Walter Scott has been stolen from an historic home in Northumberland.
The statue was taken from the 'bamboo bedroom' on the first floor of Cragside House in Rothbury, near Morpeth.
Police believe the bust was taken from the National Trust property between 9am on Wednesday April 15 and 9.30am on Friday April 17. The ceramic piece is around 12cm tall and worth around £350.
It depicts the Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott and is one half of a pair of ornaments which form part of the original Cragside collection.
The countdown to summer begins tonight with the launch of the 16th Brinkburn Music Festival.
Richard Maudslay, chairman of Brinkburn Music, will host the launch party at Seven Stories in Newcastle.
But the music, as ever, will be heard over two weekends in July at the historic Brinkburn Priory, near Rothbury.
Worried families in Rothbury hit by severe flooding last year are being promised they have not been forgotten - and that plans to improve flood defences are in the pipeline.
The Environment Agency revealed yesterday that it is investigating how best to upgrade flood defences for Rothbury and other at-risk communities on the River Coquet.
More than 60 homes in Rothbury were flooded last September when the river burst its banks and over-topped existing defences, and flooding also affected the villages of Weldon, Felton and Warkworth.
Witha strong focus on learning and good behaviour and a school full of children who take pride in their work, it is no wonder that standards are so high at Netherton Northside First School.
In a small rural community in Coquetdale, the school serves just 15 children who love nothing better than making the most of academic life.
Netherton Northside First School science project
Outgoing headteacher Hilda Blythe said: "Netherton Northside is a lovely warm and friendly place where children thrive and have fun while they learn.
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