A thief tackled by a Northumberland have-a-go hero has been handed an Asbo.
David Stobbart, pictured, stole an ipod and sunglasses from a car in Gateshead as revellers partied on New Year's Eve.
But his search for rich pickings was kicked into touch by teenage Northumberland rugby player Robert Exley.
A green energy body yesterday marked its third anniversary of working in the North East with developments that, in a year, should be generating enough electricity for nearly 3000 homes.
Community Renewable Energy (CoRE) is now working across the North, helping communities set up renewable energy systems from wind turbines to electrical solar panels.
CoRE and Berwick Community Trust have recently submitted a planning application for a wind turbine and will install solar panels on 50 households in the town.
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.
Music greeted the Archbishop of York as he travelled to some of the northernmost parishes in England yesterday.
The Most Reverend Dr John Sentamu called at Kirkharle, Wooler and Berwick as part of a two-day visit to the Church of England's Newcastle Dioceses organised by the Bishop of Newcastle Martin Wharton.
The archbishop saw regeneration work at Kirkharle Courtyard near Ponteland and went on to Wooler, calling at the Cheviot Centre where he was greeted by teenagers from a local school playing steel drums.
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.
An exhibition that tells the story of two linked communities during the Second World War has been launched at a Northumberland library.
The Big Lottery funded Their Past Your Future II project examines life in Berwick and its Polish twin town Trzcianka during the Second World War.
The exhibition, administered through the Museums, Archives and Libraries Partnership, runs at Berwick Library in Walkergate until March 15, before going to Wooler Library and Wooler Book Fair from March 17 to 27.
An art teacher is on a mission to bring creativity into people's lives to help them 'see the world in a different way'.
Annabel Milne is determined to bring art into people's lives both through classes and also by taking children to visit art galleries for the very first time in their lives.
She has a wide background in art, including studying fine art at St Martin's College of Art in London, doing an MA at Edinburgh College of Art and then working at Tate Britain and in art publishing as well as teaching art and design and art history.
This week's poll question is asking your view on the ongoing cull of grey squirrels in Northumberland.
A new set of culling projects were launched recently in the county, aiming to prevent competition and the spread of the deadly squirrel pox virus, a major cause of the reds' decline.
A recent study concluded that the number of grey sightings has risen despite widespread culling, though critics say the study was unable to give a true picture of grey populations. A second objection is that the practise is an unnecessarily cruel one.
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.
Berwick MP Sir Alan Beith has won an appeal against submitting any misleading claims over his rent in the expenses scandal.
The Liberal Democrat MP was revealed to have claimed expenses for cleaning his home, laundry, a new television and kitchen equipment when the furore over expenses broke.
He was also listed as claiming around £1,200 a month in rent on average.
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