Funding approved for new Christmas lights in Wooler

Parish councillors are keen to extend the display along South Road to entice more passers-by into the town centre.

The council has approved spending £1,120 on 24 sets of lights and a new power points box.

Inquiries are also to be made about restoring lighting on the top of the church. There is a cable to the old floodlights but they have not worked for years.