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Horsley Maurice Holliday Please take care particularly if you are walking a dog along any of the four public footpaths that lead from the village. At this time of year cattle are excited to be on fresh grass and those with young are quite nervous and protective. Kindly note that the bridge at the east end of the village is not a public right of way and according to a local land agent neither are areas of set aside. NCC as yet have been unable to cut back overgrown vegetation on the path to Wylam near Horsley Banks and the two paths from Horsley Hills to Northside. Hopefully all reported...

A village shop has continued being there for customers despite the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Bardon Mill’s Village Store - which also doubles up as a tearoom - has stayed open throughout the last 14 months and has been a lifeline for customers during the uncertain times that everyone has faced. The business, which is family run, has regularly adapted to ensure they have been able to stay open and serve their local community with essential items and takeaway food and drinks. “We have been running the shop for eight years,” says Michael Smith, who runs the business with wife Dawn...

10 YEARS AGO DJ BLACK BELT: Wayne Allen, a former Metro Radio presenter, used his karate skills to carry out a citizen’s arrest during a terrifying attack on the Dr Syntax pub, in Prudhoe. OFFICE SALE: Northumberland County Council started a fire sale of its redundant properties, such as Hexham House, Prospect House, the Old Grammar School and the old swimming pool in Gilesgate. PAY ACTION: Senior politicians and officers at Northumberland County Council met with trade unions after talks on pay and employment conditions collapsed. BOGUS CALLER: Northumbria Police conducted house t...

10 YEARS AGO BRAIN SURGERY: Hexham’s MP Guy Opperman underwent a high risk surgery to remove a brain tumour after collapsing in the House of Commons the previous week. ROYAL OCCASION: Communities across Tynedale pulled out the bunting and the party frocks as they marked the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton in fine style. MINE REJECTION: Angry words were exchanged between applicant Paul Murphy and resident Eddie Armstrong at County Hall after Northumberland County Council rejected plans for an opencast mine site in the hamlet of Halton Lea Gate. SOVIET BLOC: Northumber...