Green light for scheme’s garden project
RESIDENTS at a Morpeth sheltered housing scheme can dig in after an extensive gardening project received a funding boost.St Christopher’s House in Kirkhill, run by Anchor, already enjoys beautiful...
View ArticleCrafts workshop for children will be action-packed
A RANGE of fun hands-on crafts activities are being provided by a Morpeth shop later this month.Treacle Wool Shop in Chantry Place is running a summer workshop week for kids. Eight sessions are...
View ArticleVillagers all set for showtime!
August sees the local flower shows coming up thick and fast, so do grab the opportunity to visit them and talk to exhibitors who, by and large, are always happy to answer questions relating to their...
View ArticleShoppers get musical treat
FREE musical entertainment continues in Morpeth.Singer Lou Coel will perform popular hits from the 1960s to the present day at the Market Place on Saturday.The concert will run from 12.30pm to 3pm and...
View ArticleA walk on the lakeside
MORPETH Footpaths Society is off to Bolam Lake this weekend.The group will set off on a 6.5-mile walk around the lake, taking in the church, Slaugh House and Sandyford, on Sunday.It will be led by...
View ArticleActivities at youth project
A MORPETH youth charity is offering an array of summer activities.Barnabas Safe and Sound has youth workers out and about in Carlisle Park every Wednesday, from noon to 3.30pm, and is holding free...
View ArticleHelp at hand to keep kids occupied during summer
CHILDREN can learn some useful stage skills during special workshops in Morpeth over the next couple of weeks.Experienced workshop leader and choir director Anna Corcoran will be running Sing Up...
View ArticleZebra games and bat boxes
VISITORS to Wallington on Monday can try a word game with a difference.There are three opportunities to play ‘Hump-backed Zebra’, which was invented by a generation of the Trevelyan family that lived...
View ArticleKids can go run for fun at new event
A CAMPAIGN to help children get active and stay healthy is coming to Morpeth.The Northumberland Athletics Network is hosting a 1.5km fun run at Chantry Middle School and Technology College on Thursday,...
View ArticlePlots get the green light
PLANS to erect sheds and glasshouses on allotments at Stobswood have been given the go ahead.At a meeting of the North Area Planning Committee, councillors unanimously approved the application to...
View ArticleE-books fly off the shelves
AN e-book lending service in Northumberland is proving a hit.Northumberland Library Service introduced the facility in April for members to download books to mobile devices and computers.Almost 2,300...
View ArticleDon’t overlook mini garden joys
We’d been quite engrossed in watching the daily progress of vegetables recently – leeks, onions, marrows and pumpkins bulking up, and winter brassica plants growing tall – so it really was time to...
View ArticleChildren’s author signs in to store
YOUNG readers will have the chance to chat to a children’s author today.Karen Langtree will launch her new book Return to Elysia in Waterstones Morpeth.It is the sequel to Fairy Rescuers and tells the...
View ArticleMeet the Mayor
TOWNSFOLK are invited to take tea with the Mayor.Morpeth Mayor Joan Tebbutt has issued an open invitation to call into the Town Hall tomorrow, between 2pm and 4pm.There will be free refreshments, a...
View ArticleThe king of sweet-pea growing
Mention sweet peas in conversation with flower show exhibitors and it’s not long before the name Jimmy Givens crops up.He grows several other flowers and vegetables for competition of course, but...
View ArticleKeeping the show going this summer
Whichever way you look at it, summer gardening is about getting the best from everything you’ve sown and planted. With vegetables and fruit, it means harvesting at the optimum time. For flowers, it’s...
View ArticleA lot of work for a cup of coffee!
Individually, the coffee beans that have just ripened on one of our conservatory-grown plants are relatively small, but 10 would be enough to make a tasty cup. First, we remove the juicy outer skin...
View ArticleJoin in the reading fun
THERE’S still time to sign up to Northumberland’s Summer Reading Challenge.More than 2,000 children across the county are already taking part in the challenge to read at least six books during the...
View ArticleDuo join the summer fun
POPULAR hits of the decades will entertain shoppers in Morpeth.Singing duo Rachel and Clare will perform in Morpeth Market Place on Saturday as the latest in a line-up of free summer entertainment in...
View ArticleVillagers hope event will bring back the community spirit
THE tradition of the village gala is being revived by a three-strong band of volunteers.Widdrington women Charlotte Townsley, Louise Henderson and Sharon Jordan teamed up last year to organise a...
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