16 Jan 2024
The Northumberland Line – bringing passenger services back between the South East of the county and central Newcastle – will be open from Summer 2024.
22 Dec 2023
Scores of professionals are finding solutions to employment barriers faced by Northumberland residents.
21 Dec 2023
A new team of Community Safety Officers have started work in Cramlington – working with police and partners to cut down anti-social behaviour (ASB).
Did you know that as well as donating funds or items, you can also support charities across the county by playing the Northumberland Lottery?
14 Dec 2023
Northumberland County Council is working with communities across the county to identify where skateboard facilities can be improved or introduced and how the potential benefits of skateboarding can be increased.
13 Dec 2023
Residents are being invited to have their say on next year’s budget.
It's giving season in the North East, and the pets in the region are the first to receive their Christmas presents.
12 Dec 2023
Passengers across the county can now benefit from a new Northumberland day ticket for unlimited bus travel priced at just £5.
05 Dec 2023
Changes are set to be agreed which will see Northumberland have one Senior Coroner to cover the county.
04 Dec 2023
A charity calendar, featuring dogs rescued in Northumberland is now for sale with all the proceeds going directly to three local animal charities.
Northumberland County Council’s leisure services are to be managed by Places for People Leisure Management Limited from April next year.
29 Nov 2023
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) has been commended by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) on the significant improvements it has made since its last inspection in 2021.
28 Nov 2023
Active Northumberland is piloting a scheme to deliver virtual exercises classes into some schools in the county to help pupils stay active and healthy during the school day.
24 Nov 2023
Communities across the North East are set to benefit from up to 4,000 new jobs and a multi-million pound investment in the local economy.
23 Nov 2023
Christmas and the build up to it, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday, is, unfortunately an ideal time for rogue traders to fleece the public.
Budget plans to deliver value for money for residents and ensure the best possible services are being developed by the Council.
Northumberland Communities Together has launched an exciting new series of events designed to connect residents across Northumberland with services and community groups to support them through the winter months.
A potentially life-saving defibrillator has been installed outside Hartley Court in New Hartley with thanks to the fantastic fund-raising efforts of the elderly residents living there.
This Christmas why not give your friends and family the gift of fun, relaxation or fitness with an Active Northumberland gift voucher and help them to kick start a healthy 2024.
21 Nov 2023
This November, Northumberland Libraries and Northumberland Schools Library Service are once again introducing fantastic authors to hundreds of school children across the county as part of the 40th annual Northern Children’s Book Festival.
20 Nov 2023
This weekend (November 18-19) saw great progress in the Northumberland Line project as the installation of the new road bridge at Newsham took place.
17 Nov 2023
The County Council has welcomed millions in extra funding to improve the condition of the county’s road network.
14 Nov 2023
A scientist and chemist whose inventions revolutionised life for generations to come is being celebrated in an exhibition of items stored by Northumberland County Council’s Archive.
13 Nov 2023
A fly tipper who dumped rubbish in Northumberland has been brought to justice following an investigation by environmental enforcement officers at Northumberland County Council.
10 Nov 2023
A special event has been held to honour the men and women who go out in all weathers to make sure children and their families are able to cross the road to and from school safely.