A new phase of work has started to protect Rothbury from flooding.
Work by Environment Agency contractors on the Coplish Burn in Rothbury over the next three weeks will include replacing an old 30-metre culvert with new piping plus a reinforced box culvert at Lindsay House, Town Foot. The work is funded by the Northumbria Regional Flood Defence Committee.
Phase one was completed last year and included strengthening part of the culvert, from the inlet near Providence Place to Brewery Lane, and from Lee Close to the outfall into the Coquet at Riverside.
The Duke of Northumberland has given in to people power, by withdrawing controversial plans.
His development arm Northumberland Estates had submitted plans to Northumberland County Council to build three homes, three detached garages and a link road on land at Addycombe in Rothbury. The application yielded 18 letters of objection from residents and also opposition from Rothbury Parish Council.
The site is close to where the estates is halfway through building around 100 homes.
Independent rural petrol stations are facing an increasing battle just to survive, as they struggle to compete with their bigger rivals.
Many of the stations also act as convenience stores in their local communities, but dozens have closed over the last few years, in yet another blow to the rural economy.
Gordon Moore, pictured, who owns the Border Reiver Station in Knowesgate, Northumberland, said the margin on fuel from his station is tiny.
Flickr photographer 'Venn Diagram' took this amazing photograph on Simonside during a guided walk as part of the Rothbury & Coquetdale Midsummer Walking Festival, and added it to the Your Place Northumberland Flickr group.
Stories about a rarely-seen goat that lives on the mountain proved true when the group reached the summit...
Much more needs to be done to adequately protect communities in Northumberland from the threat of future flooding, a Northumberland MP claimed yesterday.
Berwick Lib Dem MP Sir Alan Beith warned Government ministers that there is a lot of work to do if towns and villages such as Morpeth and Rothbury are to feel safe following the devastating flooding which hit them last September.
His comments came on the day of the Government's long-awaited response to Sir Michael Pitt's review of the 2007 summer floods, which caused havoc in much of England.
Ancient hay meadows which could save Britain's bees are in full bloom.
Modern intensive farming practices have made upland hay meadows internationally rare.
Shannon Waring, 20, strolls through a rare ancient hay meadow now in full bloom at Barrowburn Farm
But the unique fields, which will be made into feed for cattle and sheep, support hundreds of species of grass and flowers, birds, bees and butterflies.
More meetings are to be held in Northumberland to allow people to have their say on £200m proposals for new and improved hospitals in the county.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has drawn up plans for a new specialist emergency care centre near Cramlington, plus improvements to Wansbeck General and the rebuilding of community hospitals in Berwick and Haltwhistle.
But the changes would see the closure of emergency departments at Wansbeck and Hexham General, moves which have caused some concern with patients.
A dig through a Northumberland village's past has uncovered a host of fishy tales.
People living in Alwinton decided to choose a way of commemorating their heritage in the Cheviots, and came up with the idea of looking into the history of salmon fishing on the Coquet.
Dr Craig Armstrong from Newcastle University was asked to do research into the subject for the village and is looking at preparing a booklet about angling in the area.
Finance chiefs at Northumberland's cash-strapped super council are trying to recover almost £9m in unpaid council tax inherited from the county's former district authorities.
The huge debt has been revealed following the abolition of Berwick, Alnwick, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale, Wansbeck and Blyth Valley councils on April 1 - and their replacement by the all-purpose unitary council.
Free advice on how residents and businesses across Northumberland can harness renewable energy to meet their power needs is on offer over the next three months.
The specially-themed sessions are aimed at helping everyone from farmers to plumbers learn more about how they can design, install and run renewable energy systems.
They start on Sunday June 28 at the Jubilee Hall in Rothbury when householders and farmers who are not on the gas or electricity grid can find out about renewable energy solutions and technologies between 2pm and 5pm.
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