The football season may be only 2/3 completed and the World Cup in South Africa in the distance, Hexham Football Club has to start looking towards 2010-11 season. So next Wednesday 17th March the club are looking to start the training for next seasons under 8 squad. So any boy or girl who is 7 years old on the 31 August can turn up at the Wentworth Leisure Centre at 6pm and see how they get on, the first session will last about one hour.
At this age group we like to form two mini soccer squads with 12/14 in each so there are plenty spaces to fill. Once the squads are formed they will play in the Tynedale or Newcastle mini soccer Leagues on a Saturday or Sunday morning and be part of Hexham Football Club. If you would like any more details on the mini soccer section or any sector of the club please contact Malcolm Reah (Junior Development) or please use the contact us page on our website www.hexhamfc.co.uk
Householders and businesses along the 84-mile Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail are being urged to take part in a voluntary blackout on Saturday night as the monument is illuminated.
Organisers of the event, which will see 1,000 volunteers lighting about 500 beacons and flares from coast to coast, are hoping that as many people as possible will switch off for an hour to help show the line of light along Hadrian's Wall to its full effect.
They claim that Illuminating Hadrian's Wall will put Britain's longest historic monument into the national and international spotlight.
A singing sensation from America is performing in Northumberland alongside vocalists from the county.
Northern Harmony - the world music singing ensemble from Vermont, USA - will spend four song-packed days in Hexham this week as part of their 12th UK tour.
Hosted by Queen's Hall Arts and Tynedale Community Choir, Northern Harmony will deliver workshops, perform in Hexham Abbey and enjoy a musical exchange with some of Northumberland's finest singers and traditional musicians.
A children's play service is hitting the road to help those living in rural parts of Northumberland.
Sure Start is sending out three of their play vans into the rural areas of west Northumberland to improve the outreach services in villages and hamlets.
From left: Ian Brown of Flashlight Films; Jackie McCormick, Sure Start Childrens Centres Locality Manager and Keith Laidler, Hexham Fire Station Manager
They have also created banners and an information DVD about the services offered through the children's centres in the west of the county.
A ruling last week meant rheumatoid arthritis sufferers will see their access to drugs which can transform their lives restricted. HANNAH DAVIES finds out what this will mean
Mark Liddell jokes he's had every joint in his body replaced bar one - but that's not too far from the truth.
The 54-year-old, from Newbrough, near Hexham, had both hips replaced when he was 30. Since then he's had both knees, shoulders, wrists, ankles, a thumb and his right elbow replaced. He has also undergone a very complicated neck operation.
Yet Mr Liddell, pictured with his wife Lucy, who had been in a wheelchair since his early 30s, has been able to exercise again and leave his wheelchair thanks to a combination of drugs, operations and therapies.
POLICE are investigating a sharp rise in fly tipping in the Haltwhistle area, after more than 300 tyres were found dumped in the space of a week.
A MATFEN couple have been caught up in the massive earthquake which devastated Chile at the weekend.
A REPORT last week incorrectly stated that the 2010-11 council tax demand would include a precept for Northumberland National Park.
PROTESTERS in Ponteland are celebrating after they persuaded a telecommunications giant not to site a mobile phone mast outside their village first school.
Two teams of young tennis players from Tynedale have been successful in winning their leagues this winter.
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