The father of a boy who won his fight against cancer took on a battle of his own to raise cash for the hospital which treated his son.
Martial artist Liam Holborn fought non-stop for an exhausting 100 minutes to raise funds for a sick children's hospital.
Liam, 29, endured a battering at the Swan Sports Centre in Berwick from Mixed Martial Arts, Judo and Muay Thai and Wado Ryu Karate fighters in his bid to raise around £3000 for the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.
Smaller communities should be thinking ahead to the day when they can generate all their own power, energy expert Dr Barbara Sexon believes.
Dr Sexon runs the Thropton Energy consultancy in the Northumberland village of the same name, near Rothbury.
She studied for a PhD 25 years ago on the potential of small scale wind turbines in the days before wind farms of considerably larger machines became the hot potato they are today.
An engine which may have powered a wartime escape mission from Norway to Holy Island has turned up in a Northumberland back garden.
Last month, The Journal told the story of five men who sailed across the North sea in 1941, in a bid to flee the German occupation of their country and join the war effort here.
The amazing journey of Sven Moe and his four accomplices took place in an open boat powered by a single engine.
A presentation on plans to revamp the region's hospitals takes place in Northumberland next week.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is proposing a new specialist emergency care hospital near Cramlington for people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside, improvements to Wansbeck and North Tyneside general hospitals and rebuilding community hospitals in Berwick and Haltwhistle.
A presentation on the plans takes place at a meeting of Warkworth Parish Council on Thursday, June 4 at 6.30pm in the Memorial Hall on Castle Street.
Berwick Bandits set off at the crack of dawn this morning for the long trek to take on Somerset Rebels tonight in the Premier League at their Oak Tree Arena.
Bandits' promoter John Anderson said: "This track is quite a small track, but it rides like a big one like Peterborough, therefore I feel we could take a few people by surprise tonight and take a league point or two away from the Rebels who we hope to leave without a cause come 9.30 this evening."
Berwick's wildlife is to be investigated to make sure that some of its nocturnal inhabitants will not get in the way of a big anniversary celebration.
A study of bat colonies has been launched in the vicinity of the Royal Border Bridge to ensure that bats will not be disturbed if the bridge is lit up as part of the Stephenson 150 Festival.
Organisers of the festival - to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the death of Robert Stephenson and the 160th anniversary of the bridge he designed - have lined up a series of events.
Children in Northumberland are making the most of their new playground.
The village of Branxton was awarded £20,000 by Sure Start to replace and upgrade their playground with a zip wire, multi-child swings, baby swings and a trim trail.
Since its opening, it has proved its worth by providing the children with a purpose-built play area rather than playing football in the road as they did previously.
Eco-experts are descending on Holy Island for a 24-hour nature blitz.
The wildlife and plant life of the Lindisfarne National Nature Reserve in Northumberland will be going under the microscope next month.
Coralroot orchid - one of the unusual and specialised plants that grows in the dune system on Natural England's Lindisfarne NNR
Experts will head for Holy Island to take part in BioBlitz 2009 - a race against time to count as many species of plants and creatures as possible on a site in a 24-hour period.
Berwick United finished a disappointing season in the Re-Max Northern Alliance Division One third from bottom and lost 5-1 on their visit to Hebburn Reyrolle.
After a goal-less opening half, David Jeffers gave Hebburn the lead - but within another four minutes Lee Walker got the Borderers back on terms.
This was their last shout, however and Hebburn stormed to a convincing win with further strikes by Ray Oshin (2), Craig Malley and Andy Shotton.
The game of musical chairs at the top of the SG Wealth Management Northumberland League continued with Alnmouth & Lesbury regaining top spot.
Alnmouth were almost back to full strength for their trip to Bates Cottages, and they certainly had too much power for their hosts even though Michael Fenwick hit a defiant 64, including nine fours and one six, when the Cottagers took first knock.
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