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THE new musical director of a choir which has been singing for more than 70 years is hoping to attract new members.

TWO candidates are running in the Hexham Town Council by-election, it has been announced.

Hexham Community Partnership (HCP) have been awarded £45,000 from the town council.

THE winners of the spookiest window display has been announced.

Jules Brown, of Historic England, with county councillors Trevor Cessford and Cath Homer, and senior programme officers Val Robson and David Coverdale. Photo: Helen Smith. COUNCILLORS are keen to involve Hexham residents in a major heritage scheme for the town in the new year. No less than £2.4m million is set to be invested in Hexham town centre when the Hexham High Streets Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) scheme gets under way. The initiative, which is backed by both Hexham Town Council an...

I have now been wrongly quoted three times in the Hexham Courant. That is to say, the same misquote has been used three times. There is in fact still, as there was back in 2019 from when the misquote originated, no new social housing in Hexham. There is social housing – just not enough. In last week’s Courant, reporter Bill Edgar rightly drew attention to cases of local people knowing they have to look outside Hexham for homes they can afford to rent or buy. House prices in Hexham...