Plans have been submitted to expand facilities at a Northumberland holiday park.
Park Resorts Group is seeking permission from the county council to build 97 new static caravan bays at the Sandy Bay site near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea.
The bays would be accompanied by new parking spaces, access roads, bin stores and lighting.
The plans can be inspected at council offices in Front Street West, Bedlington during office hours from Monday to Friday.
More than 4,000 people have signed a petition against any moves to introduce car parking charges in south east Northumberland, it is claimed.
Blyth Valley MP Ronnie Campbell organised the petition amid fears that a review of car parking currently being carried out by the county council could result in the end of free parking in towns like Blyth, Ashington, Bedlington and Cramlington.
At present drivers have to pay to park in towns such as Berwick, Seahouses, Alnwick, Morpeth and Hexham - while it remains free in the former Blyth Valley and Wansbeck areas.
After a packed summer of family events around Northumberland, the final weekend of the summer holidays is beckoning, with another busy programme across the county.
The event likely to attract the biggest crowd is the Glendale Show (pictured), now in its 117th year, featuring a host of rural attractions and stalls. Spectacular carriage driving and falconry displays and a Ready Steady Cook style cooking competition are some of the highlights of the event on Bank Holiday Monday.
In the bottom corner of the county on the same day, Blanchland & Hunstanworth Show (see link below) will be taking place, and two days before on Saturday Bellingham will also be welcoming visitors to its Show to take part and watch various traditional competitions.
A new look for Northumberland online is being fronted by TV presenter Wendy Gibson.
The BBC personality features in a video on Northumberland Tourism's relaunched website, offering potential visitors to the region a virtual tour of some of its highlights.
Among the sites explored from spectacular aerial views are Hadrian's Wall, Bamburgh Castle, Berwick, and Lindisfarne.
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea is to be the venue for a major triathlon event next month.
More than 100 competitors, from experienced racers to novices at the gruelling discipline, are expected to take part in what will be one of the region's biggest-ever triathlons at the picturesque Northumberland bay - which has been regenerated at a cost of ã11m.
Newbiggin triathlon organisers, from left, Barry Taylor, Gary Wright and Neil Jefferson
The endurance spectacular, which organisers hope will draw a bumper crowd, involves an open-water swim around Newbiggin Bay, a 23-kilometre bike ride and a five-kilometre run along the promenade.
A major review of local government boundaries in Northumberland is entering its second phase.
The Boundary Committee for England has started a second round of public consultation on future arrangements for the county's new unitary council.
The main purpose of the review is to ensure "electoral equality" following the restructuring of local government last year.
People in Northumberland are being urged to do their bit to maintain the beauty of the county's beaches.
The county has some of the most picturesque beaches in Britain.
But they can be spolit by litter which in turn can put wildlife at risk.
Vandals who smashed a window at a Tyneside home are being hunted by police.
Officers from Northumbria Police are appealing for information after an unknown object was hurled through the window at a house in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.
The incident happened some time between 12.10am and 7.45am yesterday.
The outer panel of a double-glazed window, on East Lea, was broken.
Anyone with any information about the damage is asked to contact PC Lee Scott at Ashington Police Station on 03456 043 043, ext. 69191.
An air and sea search was launched yesterday after two teenagers got into trouble while using an inflatable on the Northumberland coastline.
A search and rescue helicopter from RAF Boulmer, the RNLI lifeboat from Newbiggin and rescue units from the coastguard service were called out after a 999 call reported the two male youths in difficulty while using the 6ft-long inflatable in the sea at Cresswell near Druridge Bay.
Unknown to the emergency services, the teenagers had managed to get to the shore, but the inflatable was swept out to sea.
Parishioners at a Northumberland seaside village church are preparing to stage their biggest event of the year.
The annual St Bartholomew's Church Fayre in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea takes place from Friday August 28 to Monday 31.
It starts on the Friday with a preview evening for the church flower festival, which this year has the theme of The Surrounding Sea, at 7pm. Admission costs ã3 including wine.
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