Every year since 1991, scores of leather-clad motorcyclists have taken part in the annual Easter Egg run organised by the Northumberland Bikers' club.

They collected thousands of chocolate eggs donated by customers at various pubs and clubs and then set off in a huge motorbike convoy to deliver them to children and elderly people in hospitals and homes across Northumberland and Tyneside.

The club, based in the North East, is calling women of all ages to take part in events held each month all over the country and covering all types of angling disciplines including trout, grayling, salmon, pike, carp and sea fishing. No previous experience is required.

Club founder and chairman Lucy Bowden said: "The club currently has more than 100 members, but we would like to encourage even more ladies to join us in 2010.

"The club is open to ladies of all ages and abilities and our membership fee for the year is only £10 for adults and only £5 for under-16s."

Go to www.fishingforeveryone.com or lucy@fishingforeveryone.com for more details.

Alnwick's businesses had been without a voice since the Chamber of Trade folded roughly a decade ago and decided to act amid growing concerns at the number of empty shops in the town.

At least 190 people turned up and around 50 have already signed up as members. They appointed Carlo Biagioni, owner of Carlo's fish and chip shop and a member of the original chamber of trade, as chairman.

Dr Roger Bentley, who has studied the issue of "peak oil" for many years, will be talking at a public event run by Alnwick Friends of the Earth.

It's due to take place at 7.30pm in St James Church Centre at Pottergate, Alnwick. Entry costs £2.

A brand new reading group is to start in Alnwick next month.
The group will be based at the town's Bailiffgate Museum.

It's one of a number of new reading groups being set up around the region, organised by New Writing North and funded by Women Into the Network.

However, County Hall bosses have reassured the sector that a funding package of £1.3m will still be available next year. Budget proposals recommend more money for charities directly supporting those people worst affected by the recession.

These will include services such as credit unions and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.

Community Action Northumberland (CAN) meets in the community centre in Westfield Park, Park Road, Longhoughton, at 2pm.

The meeting will be hosted by CAN's president, the Duke of Northumberland.

Fergus-Thompson is a professor of piano at the Royal College of Music in London and has been a recitalist and concerto player since 1976.

He has played with many leading orchestras, including the Philharmonia, the Hallé and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and has given over 200 recitals on BBC Radio 3.

In Alnwick, he will play pieces by Chopin, Schumann and Brahms.

Tickets are available from Alnwick Playhouse or on the door.

Lee Cummings, one of the leading fly fishing coaches in the country, demonstrated and explained a range of techniques and equipment to the group in a full day's tuition from 9am to 7.30pm.

Lee was also on hand to share some competition knowledge with the two ladies' teams from Chatton who are entering the Macmillan Big Fish competition, to be held at the Derwent Reservoir this Sunday (11th October).

Fitness is the order of the day at Willowburn Sports and Leisure Centre in Alnwick, with the money going towards roller boots, blades, and a lighting and music system to help weekly roller discos go with a swing.

About 30 children have been attending each of the classes so far.

The Northumberland Coast and Lowlands Leader Programme is looking for small businesses or projects in the county to which it can allocate a million pounds of funding.

The programme is a community-led approach to rural development that builds on local knowledge and skills, innovation, and synergy with other partners.

'Just.. Respect' will feature free attractions including local bands, a climbing tower, aerosol art and much more- see the poster below for a full list of activities.

The 34th Alnwick International Music Festival came to an end on Saturday after eight days of song and dance from overseas and local acts in the town's Market Place and Playhouse.

The event's organising committee have praised the way local acts and students from Newcastle University offered their services at the last minute after the attraction's line-up was hit by the 11th-hour withdrawal of two groups from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The market town will host its third such event on the weekend of September 19 and 20.

From left, Johnny Renner of Alnwick Round Table, Andrew Hodgson from Sportsworld, which is sponsoring the Round Table T-shirts this year, and Mark Turnbull, Chairman of Alnwick and District Round Table, pushing a keg from the Queen's Head pub to the Town Hall.

The crowdpuller is being held by permission of the Freemen of Alnwick, in the town hall in the Market Place, as part of the Alnwick Food Festival.