Northumberland

Are you dreaming of staying in the perfect holiday cottage this Christmas?

Plan your perfect Christmas holiday cottage getaway

Maggie Martin's converted hearse into a campervan.

Watch: Woman creates spooky campervan by converting disused hearse

Six-year-old Luca the Bloodhound struggled to see - until he had a facelift!

Meet the loveable droopy-faced pooch who had a facelift-so he can see!

Adorable sleepy raccoons lounge around at Northumberland Zoo

Watch these super-cute sleepy raccoons lounge around at the zoo

The dark skies around Kielder Observatory are ideal for spotting meteors

Perseids promise a powerful meteor display

An £84,000 Euromillions prize from a ticket bought in Edinburgh has so far gone unclaimed. Picture: Jon Savage.

Lottery winner yet to claim £84,000 prize

Cops discovered a massive stash of cannabis hidden in a derelict building in Alnwick, Northumberland, with about 600 plants being grown in several rooms.
Two Albanian men found in the three-storey property have been jailed for six months each - Klajdi Shehu, 23, left, and Klajdi Miraka, 33

Secret entrance behind fridge leads police to 600-plant cannabis farm

Dog dirt needs disposing of properly by owners

It’s a tough job cleaning after your dog but someone’s got to do it - Vladimir ...

Charlton Heston as Moses in The Ten Commandments

Holy Moses! This hotel breakfast muzak is getting too much - Susan Morrison

Ester Clyne was enjoying a friend's birthday party at Featherstone Castle in Northumberland when she was hit - Credit: SWNS

Near miss: Woman cheats death after castle wall falls 30ft on head

UK’s prettiest locations including Isle of Skye and St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall - top 20 list

These are the UK’s prettiest locations

Georgian manor house, owned by founder of the world’s first department store, listed for nearly £5 million

Emerson Bainbridge’s Georgian manor house listed for nearly £5m

Children run through the sand dunes as the sun sets behind Bamburgh Castle

Survey reveals best seaside destinations - is your area on the list?

The Hunt for Raoul Moat: Paul Gascoigne absence explained

Lucy Degg (Musselburgh Grammar), Jennifer and Jonathan Feng (George Watson’s), Mia Robinson (Firrhill), Deepti Vijayakumar (St.George’s), Ingrid Wang and Qing Yang Xiao (George Heriot’s), David Campbell (Dunbar Grammar), Lewis McDonald (Clifton Hall), Ben Ross (James Gillespie’s), Joe Shell (Boroughmuir) and Abhi Vinjam (Stewart’s-Melville), along with coach Irene Blair.

Lothian badminton success for under-17 and under-19 girls teams

The world’s biggest children’s play park Lilidorei is due to open in the UK in 2023

See inside world’s biggest play park opening in UK
Lilidorei at The Alnwick Garden is due to open this spring and one lucky 11-year-old has just had the chance to test it for the first time
Chelsie Sewell

7,000 jobs will be on offer

Haven Holidays announces more than 7,000 jobs available across UK

Family left devastated after girl, 15, stabbed to death

New pictures of Lilidorei in Northumberland have been released

See new pics of the world’s biggest play park set to open in UK

Winter Solstice: Best destinations for stargazing including one in UK

Steve Cullen with a grayling. Contributed

Boxing Day start for grayling fishing on the River Esk

Ed Byrne attends Absolute Radio Live at the Palladium Theatre on November 27, 2022

Woman thanks comedian for joke which led to bowel cancer diagnosis

Colin Hay with a 13lb cod from near Crail.

Fishing: 200 anglers to chase the massive £1,250 top award

Rightmove has announced the happiest places to live in the UK according to its annual Happy at Home survey

Rightmove’s top 20 happiest places to live in UK 2022 announced

Snow is predicted to arrive in the UK this week according to Netweather

UK weather: Snow and flooding predicted despite mild temperatures

CGI image of Lilidorei at The Alnwick Garden which is billed to be the world’s biggest children’s play park

See new pics of the world’s biggest play park set to open in UK

Illuminated sheep art work at Bamburgh with artist Deepa Mann-Kler
(photo: Raoul Dixon)

Illuminated sheep arts trail to light up Northumberland this autumn
Illuminated Sheep will appear across Northumberland up until December 2.
Chris Page

Father Christmas at Bamburgh Castle (photo: Phil Punton)

Leap into Bamburgh Castle this Christmas

The Hogs Head Inn at Alnwick has undergone a revamp for its ten-year anniversary (photo: Tracey Bloxham)

Community Inspired revamp of The Inn Collection Group hostelry

The design of Bamboozled was inspired after its creator, Jina Gelder, visited the beautiful pandas at Edinburgh Zoo.

Giraffe About Town: Panda-themed sculpture has deeper message

Canal boats set off from the Melbourne Arms on Pocklington Canal to navigate a new two-mile stretch of the canal

Top 40 UK staycations to enjoy before you're 40

Flog Its Paul Martin will visit Bamburgh Castle (photo: Red Forge Studios)

Flog It star Paul Martin to make antiques road trip to Bamburgh Castle

People enjoying the sunshine at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.
Pic: Owen Humphreys

Only four Scottish towns named in list of top seaside resorts

Tom Lambert on the pontoon at Linlithgow Loch with Linlithgow Palace in the trees behind him. Picture by Nigel Duncan

Fishing: Falkirk footballer leading the line as top trout boss

John Carson

Edinburgh man is one of world's first to have new cancer treatment

Motorists drive through a heavy snow shower as it passes over Saltburn By The Sea as Storm Arwen sweeps across parts of the country on November 26, 2021 (Photo: Getty)

Met Office keeps amber and yellow warnings in place after Storm Arwen batters th...

Professor Tim Spector has said the current vaccine and testing measures are ‘insufficient’ (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid could ‘ruin next five Christmases’ as expert warns jabs are not enough

A fisherman watches a meteor during the Draconid meteor shower over Howick rocks in Northumberland.

Images show dazzling meteor shooting through sky

The set is put on fire as part of filming for the new Indiana Jones 5 movie starring Harrison Ford overnight.

Indiana Jones lights up historic castle

If you’re a keen runner or even just an easy-going ambler, a holiday destination with brilliant running routes and stunning scenery is a must.

5 great UK destinations for runners on holiday

The Greenpark Hotel in Pitlochry

A hotel break! Is this the real life or just fantasy? - Fiona Duff

A waitress serves drinks at tables outside a pub in Soho, London, on the day some of England's coronavirus lockdown restrictions were eased (Picture: Alberto Pezzali/AP)

Sturgeon looks to be playing politics over Covid rules – John McLellan

Cliff Beach House in Ardmore, Co Waterford, Ireland.

The ultimate beach escapes in the UK and Ireland

The Government has announced the first areas of the UK which will benefit from ultra-fast broadband (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the UK areas due to receive ultra fast broadband first - and when it w...

A view of scenic Durham (Photo: Shutterstock)

North East England staycation guide: essential sights in Northumberland, Durham,...

UK’s first EV battery gigafactory to open in Northumberland

’Allo Vera: why Blyth spirit moved us to TV ’tec beat!

"Welcome to Scotland" sign at the Scotland/England border. Picture: Getty Images.

Scots urged not to cross English border amidst impending lockdown

Audi R8 Spyder Performance - is this stunning roadster the perfect 10?

A LNER train travelling through the Northumberland "notspot".

LNER to eliminate key wifi "notspot" on Edinburgh-London route

These are the UK cities with the highest number of key workers

Jack Ross is happy to keep his distance when it comes to personal and professional life.

Ross opens up on life in north-east

Hibs have not trained together since mid-March.

Hibs players 'need decision so they can have break'

Police have named the man who died as Bahati Masuka from Musselburgh, Scotland. (Pic: Google Maps)

Musselburgh man dies in two car collision in Northumbria

A bird's-eye view of beautiful Slaley Hall. Image: Slaley Hall.

Teeing off on a luxury golf break in Northumberland