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Alnwick Gallery.

Art gallery benefits from coffee shop diversification

An indoor market in the Northumberland Hall.

Market traders move indoors for run up to Christmas

Charlton Hall, near Ellingham. Picture: Danny Birrell

Wedding venue wins regional award

The Wooler Budgens team.

New convenience store opens in Wooler

Matfen Hall.

Hotel refurbishment wins prestigious international award

The team at the Northumberland Arms in Felton.

Restaurant unveils new menu for festive season

Windsor Gardens in Alnwick is one of the areas where ultrafast broadband is being delivered. Picture: Alncom

Work starts on extending ultrafast broadband in town

The Bamburgh Castle Inn, Seahouses.

Hotel group makes Which? Recommended list

The new wedding and function venue at Rigg and Furrow.

New wedding venue set to open in Northumberland

Proctors Stead Caravan Park.

Caravan park under new ownership as seven-figure sale completed

Willowburn Retail Park in Alnwick.

Work set to start on new B&M store in Alnwick
Construction work on a new B&M store in Alnwick is due to start next week.

Store manager Jordon Dixon, with his team, cuts the ribbon at the new Co-op store in Rothbury. Picture: John Millard

Co-op opens new and improved store

Lucia Bridgeman from Brunton House with Nadine Thompson, Board Member of VisitEngland.

Tourism business 'honoured' to receive ROSE Award

View the updated plans for energy park which will generate £7m in community funds. Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature Residents invited to comment on updated Lees Hill Renewable Energy Park plans

Post Office services are relocating in Rothbury.

Post Office reveals start date for service in new Rothbury Co-op

Hundreds of used cars and vans at some of the best prices in the North East are now on sale in Alnwick

Ad Feature Big or small, Northumberland Motor Village has a car or van for you

Steve and Amanda White from the Market Cross Guesthouse in Belford. Picture: Virtue Photography (Belford)

Northumberland B&B wins national award

The Tower bar at Haggerston Castle Holiday Park. Picture: Haven

Up to 100 summer job openings at holiday parks

Barry Chalk, FACTCO community champion, Craig Morley, FACTCO Community Sales Manager, one of Rothbury’s first connected customers, David Woodthorpe, Deputy Leader and cabinet member for Corporate Services Councillor Richard Wearmouth.

Full fibre broadband roll out reaches Rothbury

Ofgem director Akshay Kaul welcomes Longhorsley Village Hall to the Warm Hub family.

Ofgem action on energy suppliers powers Warm Hubs

Neil Conaghan, chief executive at GoFibre.

Work begins on construction of new full fibre broadband network

Julie and Sheila from Florin of Wooler.

Shopkeeper urges shoppers to support Independents’ Day

North Seaton Estate Post Office is relocating.

New reopening date for Post Office

Cresswell Towers Holiday Park.

Parkdean holiday parks in Northumberland celebrate accolades

Openreach has started work to build a new ultrafast broadband network for Ashington.

Openreach starts ultrafast broadband build in town

Do you have a holiday rental in Northumberland which isn’t achieving the occupancy rate that you expected?

Ad Feature Unlock the potential in your Northumberland holiday home with Host & Stay

Bernicia tenant Maureen Ditchfield and Paul Galbraith, project manager from contractor RE:GEN.

Bernicia begins £2.5m boiler replacement programme

Barclays in Alnwick.

Barclays customers urged to shape bank's service ahead of branch closures
Barclays customers facing branch closures have been urged to help shape the bank’s future service.

23,000 homes could be powered by the renewable energy sources at Crystal Rig

Ad Feature Dates unveiled to view updated Crystal Rig solar plans

Adam Alexander and Andrew Watt from Carlo's.

Quality award for Alnwick fish and chip shop

The Team at Broadway Premier

Blyth convenience store joins delivery app

Criminals are after NatWest customers' bank details.

Email scam warning to NatWest customers

A warning has been issued to phone users over a WhatsApp scam.

Warning over WhatsApp scam

An LNER Azuma train speeds past Holy Island. Picture: LNER

Visit Northumberland anticipates rise in rail tourism

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Doxford Barns.

Wedding venue plans get the green light

Loading up the Holland's pies on the drone for delivery (photo: Ben Frith)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a pie!

The Links Hotel in Seahouses.

New owners of hotel consider using it for staff accommodation

£4.9m was spent installing the new fibre optic cables in Blyth.

£4.9m investment in new high speed broadband for Blyth

Suzy Walker with Openreach engineers in Alnwick.

Thousands of people missing out on faster broadband

A new cash-free vending machine has been installed at Alnmouth.

Cash-free vending machine installed at Alnmouth station

The Dirty Bottles in Alnwick.

Pub expansion plans get the green light

Which car will be most popular in 2023? (above) (photo: Adobe)

Predicting most popular cars for 2023 market

Karen Larkin, visitor services manager at Bamburgh Castle.

Jobs up for grabs at Bamburgh Castle

The new-look bar at the Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel in Embleton.

Hotel reopens following refurbishment
The Dunstanburgh Castle Hotel in Embleton has reopened after the refurbishment of its bar and kitchen.

Nearly a half of Brits are worried about losing their job (photo: Adobe)

Nearly half of Brits are worried about losing their job

In survey Audi A1 was car with the lowest running costs (photo: Adobe)

Data reveals UK’s favourite cars that cost you most and least to run

Start the year off by downloading a digital budget planner (photo: Adobe)

Helpful saving hacks to help with the cost of living

Transport chiefs have approved a fresh hike in ticket prices on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Metro ticket price hike approved

(Left to right) Andrea Bell, Katie Toner, Dr Ifti Lone, Delyth Raffell and Michael Dodds. Photograph: BBC

Selfless work of two of county’s residents is captured in song

Inn Collection Group venues in Northumberland.

Pub group launches 'Little Book of Offers'

Inn Collection Group venues in Northumberland.

Pub group launches 'Little Book of Offers'

The Cookie Jar in Alnwick has a 4.9 rating from 122 reviews. "The best boutique hotel in town, just yards from the castle," states one reviewer.

The 25 best boutique hotels in north Northumberland as rated by Google

The Angel Inn, Bowness on Windermere.

First guests check in to refurbished Inn Collection Group hotel

The point of the ratings system is to provide customers with an informed choice about where they eat.

New food hygiene ratings issued