10 YEARS AGO SILL IN MOTION: Plans for a £5m visitor centre on Hadrian’s Wall to showcase the district’s rural landscape were unveiled by Northumberland National Park Authority. The Sill was drawn up jointly with the Youth Hostel Association for Once Brewed, near Bardon Mill. FOREST D-DAY: A controversial Government decision on whether to sell off Kielder Forest was due, with the Independent Panel of Forestry due to visit the area. KILLER MUSHROOMS: A group of scientists had decreed that a killer toadstool in Kielder could put an end to the invasion of midges which had forever plagued the district.