A row has blown up after a council used money intended to help jobs blackspots to fund a horse show.
Blyth Valley Labour MP Ronnie Campbell (pictured) branded the summer event 'a weekend out for toffs'.
He strongly criticised Northumberland County Council - which is in the midst of making budget cuts totalling £40m over two years - for earmarking £80,000 to stage the high-profile equestrian event.
Bakerswho pride themselves on the massive variety of different scones which they produce are bidding to set a new world record.
Jackie and Colin Nevin - who run a bakery and cafe in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland - make more than 100 different kinds of sweet and savoury scones, many of them from recipes suggested by customers.
Parking fees levied on drivers visiting Northumberland towns has emerged as the hottest topic in the initial stages of a major review aimed at developing a county-wide parking strategy.
A progress report on the review reveals hundreds of people have made their views known on whether parking fees should be imposed across the whole county - rather than just in selected towns.
More than 560 people have signed three separate petitions calling for an equal policy across the board, with charges being made in all principal towns.
A popular guide aimed at helping older people in Northumberland get the most out of life has been published for the fourth time.
Previous issues of the Golden Guide have gone down so well with the over-50s that there was a waiting list for the latest 5,000-copy print run.
The free booklet, which is produced by community information specialists Clever Clogs Publishing in partnership with Age Concern Northumberland, the county council and care trust, has also been given a new design.
A lifeboat rescue has sparked fresh warnings about the potential dangers facing anglers who go fishing in bad winter weather.
The Newbiggin-by-the-Sea inshore lifeboat was launched to pluck two anglers to safety after the incoming tide left them stranded 50 metres from shore on the town's old northern breakwater.
The incident came just a few weeks after a fisherman was killed at Newbiggin when a cliff collapsed below him.
A dance club is putting on a performance to raise money for the Laura Dodds Foundation.
Showtime 2010 will begin on February 24 for two nights, at Newbiggin Sports Centre, Northumberland and will include performances from Just Dance, a local dance group. For information contact Emma Walker on 07805 185973.
A winter barbecue held at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea lifeboat station in Northumberland raised more than £400 for the RNLI's national SOS Day appeal.
Last week's Sizzling of the Sausages event at the boathouse, organised by crew member Gary Oliver, included fundraising stalls run by the local Ladies' Lifeboat Guild.
Age Concern Northumberland are holding a Recruitment Fair on Friday 12 February at The Round House, Lintonville Parkway, Ashington (oppostie Lidl's).
We are running two presentations at 11.30am and 1.30pm, followed by the opportunity to discuss, with our experienced staff, the job vacancies and career prospects in further detail.
For further information on our Recruitment Fair and our other opportunities available or for an application pack call the HR & Training Team on 0845 140 00 88.
A project has been launched to find out if the waters off the Northumberland coast are a secret dolphin stronghold.
The white-beaked dolphin is a little studied species which occurs around the coast of the UK and is vulnerable to the effects of global warming.
It lives in the cold waters of the northern Atlantic and its available habitat is thought to be shrinking.
Scores of excited youngsters watched their mechanical creations come to life on the Northumberland coast yesterday.
Around 30 pupils from Ashington met on the beach at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea after their designs for sub-sea ploughs were turned into the real deal by engineers.
Hirst Park Middle School pupils Harry Bainbridge and Jordan Dixon test out sub-sea ploughs at Newbiggin beach
The children, all aged between 12 and 13, at Hirst Park Middle School, in Ashington, raced the two mean machines along the sand at a special unveiling event.
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