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The Latest Breaking News from Hexham

How big, bold thinking and hard yakka built a legendary Hunter rail line

With Maitland's Steamfest upon us let's revisit an overlooked Hunter Valley rail triumph.

Newcastle Herald

Northumberland market town to host first ever Pride with 'events for everyone'

A range of music, theatre, cinema and more celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community will take place across the whole of June in one of the UK's happiest places to live

Chronicle Live

ITV's Vera new series filming to start in Hexham as residents receive letters

Residents of a Northumberland town have been told to expect the imminent arrival of the Vera cast and crew

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Hexham Book Festival is under way with big name authors and children's Storyland to come

Guests to annual literary festival, running until April 30, include Robert Hardman, Susannah Constantine, David Dimbleby, Simon Armitage and Alexander McCall Smith

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Thug launched unprovoked attack on three men in Hexham town centre and punched one unconscious

Steven Ross was wandering around Hexham when he attacked three young men in the town centre

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One person taken to hospital after A69 collision involving 'at least six vehicles' in Northumberland

The A69 between Haydon Bridge and Hexham has been closed in both directions

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Loungers to open first North East bar and restaurant in Northumberland market town

Muro Lounge is set to take over the empty Argos site in Hexham

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Hospitality group Loungers to launch first regional venue this summer in Hexham

The listed group known for its Cosy Club and Lounge brand is opening in the town's former Argos site

Birmingham Post

Holiday traffic grinds Hexham bottleneck to a crawl as Easter Weekend arrives

Traffic was bumper-to-bumper at the Hexham bottleneck Thursday afternoon as holidaymakers made their move for the Easter weekend.

Newcastle Herald

Hexham crook took vulnerable neighbour's bank card and helped himself to £2,800

David Cowell, also known as Wheeler, withdrew the cash without permission over a two-month period

Chronicle Live

TV comes North: Event will highlight the story of television in our region

Watch a clip from TV Comes North to Hexham, an event presented by the North East Film Archive, looking back at television programming in the North of England

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Rarecan eyes up to £3m investment this year as cancer platform targets rapidly growing market

The Hexham-based start-up is on the hunt for a lead investor to take it into its next funding round

Birmingham Post

Hundreds of mourners pay tribute to stabbed teen Holly Newton at funeral

The 15-year-old was fatally stabbed on January 27 in Northumberland

Evening Standard

Mourners wear purple at funeral for teenager Holly Newton

The funeral cortege brought Hexham to a halt as hundreds watched her white coffin being pulled in a glass-sided carriage.

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Police hunt for driver who fled scene after hitting parked cars in Hexham

Officers are searching for the driver of a vehicle which collided with parked cars in Hexham

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Geordie Graffiti artist who created murals for Holly Newton and Gordon Gault experienced knife crime on his estate as a child

Geordie Graffiti recently created a mural for Haltwhistle teenager Holly Newton who tragically died following an alleged stabbing in Hexham town centre

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Hexham based charity looking for new volunteers to take their dogs on visits

Wag and Company has seen a rising demand for its services, which involve dog visits to people who are elderly and disabled

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Four posts on Northumberland County Council's new-look top team approved

It follows the appointment of a new chief executive who will take up her role in February

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Unions cancel NHS picket lines 'out of respect' for tragic Hexham teen Holly Newton

There won't be picket lines in Hexham on Monday or Tuesday despite nursing and ambulance staff strikes.

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Robson Green celebrates the most 'classic North East dish' in BBC series

The star was in Hexham with his uncle on a recent episode of his BBC Weekend Escapes series where he visited a Northumberland cookery school

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Northumberland film festival returns for third time with screenings in a train station, pubs and village halls

The Tyne Valley Film Festival has screenings every day at Hexham's Forum Cinema, but there'll be screens all across the Tyne Valley too

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Northumberland County Council supporting staff and pupils after death of Holly Newton in Hexham

Holly died as a result of her injuries following an alleged assault in Hexham.

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Northumberland County Council leader 'most concerned' about potential unlawful exit payments

There are fears millions of pounds could have been paid in unlawful redundancy packages

Daily Record

Boyfriend of schoolgirl, 15, stabbed to death outside takeaway fought to save her life

Holly Newton and the unnamed 16-year-old boyfriend were both stabbed in a knife attack outside Pizza Pizza in Hexham Northumberland on Friday which sadly killed the school girl.

The Independent UK

Family tribute to ‘much loved and bubbly’ girl as boy appears in court charged with her murder

Holly Newton was found hurt in Hexham, Northumberland, and later died in hospital while a boy suffered non-life-threatening injuries

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