Ponteland, United Kingdom News

THE message is getting through that Morpeth is Open For Business - but the hard work will continue to promote the town.

SHOPPERS can find More in Morpeth as the Herald joins forces with traders to present a range of great offers.

FAMILIES locked in a battle against plans for a new bar and bistro in their neighbourhood are preparing to fight a fourth bid to win approval for the controversial venture.

Jo Jingles provides music and dance sessions for pre-school children and their parents, while Pushy Mothers offers buggy workout fitness classes.

Stock levels have been falling at the British Heart Foundation shops since the removal of recycling banks at sites across the county, including Ponteland and Morpeth.

CONTROVERSIAL plans for a new bar and bistro in Ponteland have been rejected for the third time - but local residents are bracing themselves for another battle.

And Whalton Park in Gallowhill, near Bolam, also made the Lloyds TSB list which is based on house sales between 2007 and 2011.

Outline permission was granted by the former Castle Morpeth Council in March 2009 for 150 new homes on part of the Northumbria Police headquarters site.

VILLAGERS opposing plans for a bar and bistro next to their homes will go into battle tonight - for the third time.

A BOX office smash hit on the war story of a horse has inspired a photographic trip down memory lane for a Northumberland man.