- Call for action over executive pay
- Team handshakes axed amid race row
- Frank Skinner to be a father at 55
- Man charged with toddler's murder
- Action urged on political funding
- Man charged with motorist's murder
- Karzai thanks Britain for sacrifice
- Cleric warns against gay marriage
- Big freeze fails to materialise
- Disabled groups in welfare protest
- Five held in hacking investigation
- RBS chairman waives £1.4m bonus
- Half want vote on EU membership
- Prisons nearly full: Government
- Three held after bank occupied
- Big freeze fails to materialise
- Two remanded over decapitated body
- Government record on racism slammed
- Welch claims the Big Brother spoils
- Escaped prisoner back in custody
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Summer opening for £2.5m veterinary centre
WORK is on track to open a new £2.5million Morpeth veterinary centre in June.
Residents go free as county opens its doors
FREE entry to county attractions is being offered in the third annual Northumberland Residents’ Festival.
Resignation sparks by-election
A BY-ELECTION will take place in Ponteland following the resignation of a town councillor.
Business sees rise in festive sales
SALES were up at a Morpeth business as it enjoyed a happy festive season.
Get off the sofa to beat the blues
COUCH potatoes in Northumberland have been urged to leave the sofa behind to help beat the winter blues.
Sport
Harriers grab Cathedral title after late nail-biter
IN a superb, nail-biting finish, Morpeth Harriers Senior Men managed to reverse the 2011 result by winning the title at the 28th renewal of the Durham Cathedral Cross Country Relays on Sunday, writes George Patterson.
Lifestyle
Quartet opens society season
AN acclaimed quartet will open the season for Morpeth Music Society next week.
Tickets go on sale for town’s next great Gathering
TICKETS are now on sale for the first event of the 45th Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering.
Forget hip-hop, this is Hip Op
A WHOLE lot of love from its clients has helped a band put together by a Morpeth musician to win a national accolade.
Emma comes to rescue of a TV make-over SOS
A HOPEFUL tweet allowed a bunting businesswoman to spread her wings by being part of a popular television show.
Community
Axed bus service leaves estate shoppers stranded
MORPETH shoppers have been cut off after the removal of a bus service.
Small flood defence schemes to go ahead
ALL the smaller scale flood defence projects earmarked for Northumberland will be carried out after a funding programme rise was agreed.
Extension on the menu
PLANS to extend and revamp a Ponteland restaurant have been given the go-ahead.
Union banks a busy time
A COUNTY banking scheme has recorded a busy few months as savers sought out Christmas loans.
Flooding defence work to start soon
BUILDING work on flood defence walls in Morpeth will begin next month.
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Weather for Morpeth
Sunday 29 January 2012
Today
Light sleet showers
Temperature: -0 C to 5 C
Wind Speed: 6 mph
Wind direction: South east
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: -1 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 8 mph
Wind direction: South east
