Morpeth, United Kingdom News

NORTHUMBERLAND County Council released the following weather update this afternoon.

Your account has been frozen . For your available options click the below button.

By ANDREW COULSON THE latest re-printed edition of Alec Tweddle's Town Trail for Morpethians is now available.

VILLAGERS' flooding worries will be put to experts at a meeting early in the new year.

MORPETH has received high praise for its Bloom efforts during the last three years.

ALMOST half of businesses in Morpeth and the surrounding area are home based, according to a new survey.

A MORPETH couple are facing a second successive Christmas away from home. Ian and Kit Johnson's Collingwood Terrace home was devastated by flooding in September last year and they moved to alternative accommodation in Stobhill a month later.

A RENEWED campaign for improvements to the lethal A1 in Northumberland should be escalated during the run-up to the next General Election, according to a North East peer.

A MORPETH man has met the Prime Minister and is building his own house thanks to the skills he learned as an apprentice.

IT was full steam ahead for a Morpeth group's fund-raising trip to London when an alternative operator stepped in.

People in southern England enjoy a higher quality of life than those in northern regions of the UK, research has claimed.

THE Environment Agency must provide "strong" leadership to prevent flooding in Northumberland, according to Berwick's MP.

FOUR creative children received awards in Heighley Gate Nursery & Garden Centre's recent bird modelling competition.

A HERO'S welcome was given to returning troops from Afghanistan as the Morpeth public turned out in force on Tuesday.

MORE than 200 people from the Morpeth area gave their views on plans for a new NHS centre in the town.

AMID rousing drum rolls and the cheers of a grateful nation, battle-hardened North East soldiers were welcomed home from Afghanistan.

A teenager who died when a car struck a tree in Northumberland had a "heart of gold" his family has said.

BRAVE servicemen have marched through two towns after returning from Afghanistan.

FENROTHER Grange sits in splendid isolation, commanding impressive views over the surrounding countryside.

FRUSTRATED politicians are to renew demands for full dualling of the killer A1 through Northumberland - although the chances of major improvements in the next 10 years appear increasingly remote.