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, pictured, 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.
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.
A play will try to encourage interest in a famous Northumberland heritage site.
Arthur Who? is an interactive play and will be performed around Edlingham Castle, near Alnwick.
Young people from Barndale House Special Needs School, Alnwick Community Centre youth club and Whittingham First School were asked to participate in a series of workshops.
Barbara Hodgson meets the Northumberland woman who's making history as the first female president of one of Newcastle's oldest institutions
A newsletter is going out this week to members of The Literary and Philosophical Society and alongside the usual snippets of information will be some momentous news.
In a shake-up of tradition, a female president has been appointed for the first time in its 216-year history.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Class A drugs were seized in a year-long crackdown by police vying to rid rural Northumberland communities of drug barons.
The Journal can today reveal the scale of the drug problem that plagues the county's isolated countryside, with a massive haul of drugs confiscated by police specialists.
Earlier this year a top judge said drug dealing gangs were targeting rural villages in sophisticated cannabis production operations.
Bosses at Northumberland's new super council are being recommended to stick with its controversial 0845 single telephone number.
County hall chiefs have been urged by campaigners both locally and nationally to change the 0845 6006400 number, which has been provided since April 1 for all people who need to contact the unitary authority.
Rubbish police could confiscate bins if householders fill them with the wrong items.
Northumberland County Council hopes to crack down on contamination in recycling wheelie bins using hard-line tactics.
Householders who repeatedly ignore warnings to stop throwing waste food, nappies or dirty items into the bin which is supposed to be for dry, clean, recyclable materials, will have their bin confiscated.
Low Newton beach has been given the stamp of approval by the Good Beach Guide, despite a drop in water quality off the North East's beaches.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) will today announce the results of water tests across the region in its annual guide, with a 16.5% drop in the number of UK bathing beaches recommended for excellent water quality and a 23% decline in the North East area, which stretches down to the Humber.
Police proposals to ditch motorbikes should be overturned, a regional biking group says.
Earlier this month, it was revealed that Northumbria Police is seeking to scrap its motorbike section for health and safety reasons.
The move has already been criticised by the Northumbria Police Federation.
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