Children of Rock Hall School used World Book Day to focus on children around the world. Dressed as characters from books, ranging from Pippi Longstocking to Robinson Crusoe, they shared stories from other countries whilst raising money for the Chirapatre Appeal which provides educational facilities for children living in Kumasi, Ghana.
Disabled children had an exciting time after an Alnwick venue was transformed for Halloween.
The Halloween Spooktacular was organised at the Alnwick Garden Treehouse and funded by Northumberland County Council's Aiming High for Disabled Children project. Wilkinsons, which has opened a shop in Alnwick, provided the decorations and 39 children and their parents and carers enjoyed the party.
A former takeaway in Alnwick underwent a £100,000 refurbishment to become an Indian restaurant.
The Veranda restaurant, at Clayport Street, Alnwick, opened last month under the ownership of North East restaurateur Martin Rohman, who has previously owned eateries in Morpeth, Durham and Whickham, Gateshead.
Mr Rohman said: "We have completely gutted and renovated the building to transform it into a stylish and welcoming restaurant.
"We are confident we can bring something new to the choice of restaurants already available to residents and visitors to the town and very much look forward to welcoming them."
Sent in by Sainsbury's
This week sees the announcement that Debra Thurley, Store Manager of Sainsbury's Alnwick, is to be moving on.
In the three years since it opened, Debra has led the store from strength to strength delivering a strong sales performance and making Sainsbury's a part of the local community.
She takes her wealth of experience to the brand new supermarket which is currently being built in Heaton.
As of Monday 21st March Christine Jeffrey, formerly manager of Gosforth store, will be taking the helm.
Pictured from left: Debra Thurley, Christine Jeffrey and Deputy Store Manager Andy Findlay
Neil Hedley from mental health charity Blyth Star Enterprises said: ''When the the Health Trust closed the Alnwick workshop it was missed by the clients and customers. We are looking forward to producing and repairing garden items, bird boxes etc and also recycling and repairing bicycles. We have also acquired a neglected allotment which needs volunteers to get it growing again.''
From left: Neil Hedley, admin supervisor Daniel Skelton, workshop supervisor Jason Allan and Trevor Cooke from Alnwick Day Centre
Anyone interested in helping or can donate an old bike or garden tools, please contact Neil Hedley on tel 01670 355421 .
Rock Hall School and Ellingham School joined together to hold a memorial service in Rock Church for the victims of a tragic event which happened nearly 150 years ago. A steam boiler at Rock Moor Farm blew up on 29th November 1862 and killed 11 people most of them very young, including a 7 year old little boy. Most were killed instantly but some died several days later from their injuries. They are all buried in Rock Churchyard.
Beamish Museum led a project with several schools in North Northumberland tracing the history of steam on farms in the local area. The children were all encouraged to become industrial archaeologists and find evidence of the steam boilers which drove several bits of farm machinery. The children looked at remaining chimneys, old boiler houses where the marks in the wall were still visible and went to Beamish for a day to study 19th century farming practices. Beamish also teamed up with Woodhorn Museum where the county archives are held and the schools visited there to trace original records of the victims and the reports in the local press about the accident and the following inquest.
Jools Holland delighted fans at an open-air gig at Alnwick Castle this weekend.
Gallery of photos from the Jools Holland concert at Alnwick Castle »
Alison Moyet, Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall were special guests, and fireworks were set off as a concert finale.
A charity launched by a Northumberland couple to help cure their daughter's blindness has reached the halfway mark thanks to a kind stranger.
Elly and James Chapple were stunned when 82-year-old Robert Robinson, of Newcastle, turned up on their doorstep in Hipsburn, Alnmouth.
He had driven from Newcastle with a donation of ã1,000 after seeing three-year-old Ella's story.
The little girl was born with no irises, a condition called aniridia, and was featured in The Journal earlier this year.
"He saw that we lived in Hipsburn and just decided to drive here and ask the locals where the Chapples lived," said Elly.
A terrified and exhausted horse was plucked to safety and saved from drowning in a dramatic, three-hour rescue operation off the Northumberland coastline.
A Sea King helicopter crew from RAF Boulmer worked with coastguards, lifeboat volunteers, firefighters, a vet and members of the public to rescue the stricken animal, which had got stuck in quicksand-like mud near the Holy Island causeway.
With the incoming tide threatening to engulf the trapped horse, rescuers finally managed to get straps round it and it was sedated by a vet before being winched out of the mud by the hovering helicopter.
Emotions ran high yesterday as pupils, parents and staff said their final goodbyes to a Northumberland village school which has taught local children for more than 140 years.
Several generations have passed through Eglingham Church of England First School since it opened in 1868 - but yesterday its corridors and classrooms echoed with childish laughter and chatter for the last time.
It is closing down for good after pupil numbers dropped to just 16, nine of whom are now transferring to middle school. Governors decided earlier this year that it was not financially viable or in the interest of youngsters' development to keep it open.
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