Pictures from the Hotspur Festival in Alnwick, celebrating 700 years of the town's connection with the Percy Family. Read related story »
The town centre also came alive at the weekend to the sound of military drums as troops paraded through the historic marketplace for the UK's first Armed Forces Day. The Duke of Northumberland took the salute as the marchers filed past.
Alnwick took a step back in time and came alive with celebrations as two surprise volunteers took to the sky for charity.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland both took a zip wire off Alnwick Castle on the last day of the Hotspur Festival and raised cash for HospiceCare yesterday.
The Duke of Northumberland join in a charity zip wire event at Alnwick Castle
The weekend-long celebrations, which marked the 700-year anniversary of the Percy family buying the castle, saw an influx of visitors to the town, who enjoyed concerts, local food and farmers' markets, historical exhibitions and colourful processions.
Tom Vickers and Ian Pearson were the power behind the Alnmouth throne in the SG Wealth Management Northumberland League, as they led the champions to a tight 21-run win over visitors Blagdon Park.
Vickers cracked a superb 83, and with Pearson also passing the half-century mark, the opening stand set the tone for the home side's impressive score of 224.
But Russell Hughes was not to be outdone as he started Park's run chase in the best of fashions with an opening 79.
A man who committed 67 distraction burglary and fraud offences against elderly victims up and down the country has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Mark Rhodes, 25, of no fixed abode, was arrested in Ipswich on May 1 after his photo appeared in the Most Wanted section of the BBC's Crimewatch UK programme. His offending took place nationwide, including the North East, and Northumbria Police's Operation Bombay team worked on the case with 18 other affected force areas.
Rhodes was arrested and when he appeared at Stroud Magistrates Court in Gloucestershire on June 3 he pleaded guilty to a total of 16 offences - eight distraction burglaries, and eight frauds.
A Northumberland hotel owner sexually assaulted a teenage girl before offering her £500 for "a good time" a court heard yesterday.
Motin Rahman, 36, co-owner of the Schooner Hotel in Alnmouth, put his hand inside the girl's top, Alnwick magistrates heard yesterday.
Rahman, who owns other businesses in Morpeth and Newcastle, then offered her money to get into the back seat of his car with him.
A book inspired by the Duchess of Northumberland's famous poison garden has been snapped by a major publisher.
The Poison Diaries trilogy, written by Maryrose Wood, are gothic tales of love, revenge and the dangerous world of poisonous plants, that came to life after the Duchess realised the real Poison Garden, at The Alnwick Garden, would make a great topic for a novel.
The three-book deal with Balzer and Bray, an imprint of world-wide publishers HarperCollins, was agreed on Wednesday. It will now go on release in the summer next year.
More meetings are to be held in Northumberland to allow people to have their say on £200m proposals for new and improved hospitals in the county.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust has drawn up plans for a new specialist emergency care centre near Cramlington, plus improvements to Wansbeck General and the rebuilding of community hospitals in Berwick and Haltwhistle.
But the changes would see the closure of emergency departments at Wansbeck and Hexham General, moves which have caused some concern with patients.
Alnwick is gearing up to celebrate its seven century association with the county's Dukes and Duchesses this weekend.
The 700-year anniversary of the Percy family's purchase of Alnwick Castle is being marked by the community through the Hotspur Festival.
Organised by the Alnwick Community Development Trust, it opens on Friday.
Hopes are high the good weather will continue for The Alnwick Garden's summer arts and crafts fair this weekend in Northumberland.
Visitors to the fair will get the chance to meet designers and makers, join in hands-on activities, and enjoy a delicious afternoon tea as well as snapping up some hand-made creations.
The Alnwick Garden is one of the North East's treasures and is the perfect way to see in the days of summer June will hopefully bring.
This month also sees the first flush of roses in the Rose Garden at Alnwick, where pathways below pergolas swathed in roses, honeysuckle and clematis lead through tumbling masses of fragrant roses, a mix of climbing, shrub, old and English varieties.
Finance chiefs at Northumberland's cash-strapped super council are trying to recover almost £9m in unpaid council tax inherited from the county's former district authorities.
The huge debt has been revealed following the abolition of Berwick, Alnwick, Castle Morpeth, Tynedale, Wansbeck and Blyth Valley councils on April 1 - and their replacement by the all-purpose unitary council.
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