The Latest Breaking News from Northumberland

UK weather forecast: Two regions hit with warnings for rain and 65mph wind

A large area of Scotland and parts of Northumberland will experience "very strong and gusty winds" today, the Met Office said. A yellow weather warning is in place from 6am to 3pm

Daily Mirror · Nov 11, 2022

Northumberland Covid booster takeup higher than national average but health professionals advise caution this winter

The local authority has delivered 111,000 doses in its autumn booster programme to date, but health professionals warned that Covid and flu are still circulating this winter

Chronicle Live · Nov 11, 2022

TUI mega fan, 96, gifted with free Benidorm holiday to celebrate 50th getaway

Connie Mclauchlin, from Ponteland, Northumberland, has enjoyed TUI holidays to the likes of Palma, Alicante, Malaga, Lanzarote, Tenerife and Faro, Corfu, Crete, Rhodes, Zante, Cyprus, Naples, Verona, Rome, Malta and Madrid

Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022

Northern Powergrid outline improvements made a year on from Storm Arwen devastation

The storm saw 225,000 homes in the UK left without power, including thousands across the North East

Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022

Council leader refuses call to apologise over cabinet member's 'starving in the streets' comments

The comments were made by Jeff Watson, the council's cabinet member for healthy lives

Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022

Devastated mum slams police who didn't tell her son was found dead - but did tell her ex

Heartbroken mum Lisa Common claims Northumberland Police only contacted her ex-husband when her son Kyle Haggerty died - and asked him to tell her that their son had passed away

Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Company behind Northumberland solar farms providing £700,000 for community projects

Each of the two solar farms are expected to provide power equivalent to 15,000 homes per year

Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022

Elderly man, 78, fighting for life in hospital after crash in Seaton Delaval

A 78-year-old man has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after his car smashed into a barrier on a Northumberland road

Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022

Northumberland mum slams police for 'failing' to inform her that her son had been found dead

Kyle Haggerty, 24, was tragically found dead at Blyth Harbour in October and his family have criticised Northumbria Police for how they've been treated

Chronicle Live · Nov 9, 2022

Bird keepers urged to stick to the rules with Avian flu still present on Northumberland Coast

Thousands of wild birds have died since the disease was first reported in February

Chronicle Live · Nov 8, 2022