The Latest Breaking News from Northumberland

Can the Sycamore Gap tree be saved?

Widespread outrage and upset as police believe cutting down of tree was deliberate act of vandalism

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down

Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

World famous tree on Hadrian’s Wall was ‘deliberately felled’ leaving locals heartbroken

The Northumberland National Park authority said it was investigating what had happened.

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

Retired miner killed wife to ‘liberate’ her from suffering, Cypriot court hears

David Hunter, from Ashington, Northumberland, will be sentenced next week for the manslaughter of his spouse of 52 years.

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Wildlife wonders of Britain and Ireland before the industrial revolution – my research reveals all the biodiversity we've lost

Travel back with me a few hundred years to before the industrial revolution, and the wildlife of Britain and Ireland looks very different indeed. Take orcas: while there are now less than ten left in Britain’s only permanent (and non-breeding) resident population, around 250 years ago the English cleric and…

The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023

Team rings osprey chicks at Northern England stronghold

Osprey numbers at Kielder Forest, Northumberland, have gone from strength-to-strength since they returned to the county in 2009.

The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023

Three people arrested for high value cyber-enabled fraud targeting Aberdeen woman

Three people have been arrested and charged in Essex, Kent and Northumberland in connection with a high value cyber-enabled fraud which targeted a…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 13, 2023

Council 'getting tough' with fines for littering, graffiti and dog fouling in Northumberland increased

The fines could increase further by the end of the year

Chronicle Live · Jul 13, 2023

Northumberland takes first step towards low cost 'heat networks' to keep homes warm

It is hoped the initiative approach could slash the county's carbon emissions

Chronicle Live · Jul 13, 2023

Conwoman who fleeced older man out of £10,000 savings 'buzzing' after sentence

Amy Paton and Nikki Pilkington both tricked the victim, who lives in Blyth, Northumberland, into handing over his savings with lies about how he would be at risk from drug dealers if he failed to do so

Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2023