Literature lovers in Bedlington are invited to a Lyrical Poetry Festival.
With a mixture of rhymes, creative writing and music, the festival is set to launch on National Poetry Day on October 9.
As part of the celebrations, the 'Wrapped in the Moment' workshop will take place on October 12 at Bedlington Library, with poet Paul Summers leading visitors through a day of poetry, song and creative writing.
KANE Young and Andrew Bulford, who scored in stoppage time, eased Dunston Federation to victory at Bedlington Terriers, for whom Alex Lawson levelled with a 45th minute disputed penalty.
The incident resulted in Fed's Michael Robson and Terriers' Scott Bell being sent off.
Chris Dobie banged in four goals as Bedlington Station beat Alnwick A 8-0 in the first round of the Morpeth Sunday League George Cave Memorial Cup.
David Gibson (2), Ryan Richardson and Sean Taggart also scored for the Station.
People in Bedlington are reading a lot into a church's call for furniture.
St Bede's Church has started a church hall furniture fund and Co-operative Funeralcare is holding a month-long book sale.
They are asking for donations of books ahead of the sale in October. Books can be donated at The Co-operative Funeralcare branches in Front Street West, Bedlington; Waterloo Road, Blyth; Woodhorn Road, Ashington and Forum Way, Cramlington.
A BUSINESS development scheme aimed at triggering multi-million-pound investment has been launched to boost entrepreneurship in Northumberland during the economic downturn.
Regional development agency One NorthEast has joined up with Northumberland County Council and Northumberland Strategic Partnership to launch the Private Sector Projects Fund to provide financial support to people and companies.
The fund is aimed at those in the Blyth, Wansbeck and Berwick areas who have plans to develop property for offices, manufacturing, service industries or tourism and leisure.
THE revamped Salvation Army meeting hall in Bedlington will be officially reopened at 3pm tomorrow with a reception followed by a celebration service.
The expansion has provided a new pitched roof, three extra rooms for worship and community use, a reception area, two new kitchens, store rooms, a coffee bar and toilets with disabled access.
The Salvation Army has been in Bedlington since 1880 and the current building, parts of which date back to the 1970s, is on the site of a previous place of worship and theatre. An open day next Saturday, October 4, from 10am-1pm will show off the new facilities.
SALVATION Army chiefs have angered neighbours and fallen foul of council planners over a £465,000 refurbishment of their meeting hall in Bedlington.
Officers of the leading Christian charity are under fire over the appearance and height of the extended building in the centre of the town.
A number of people living nearby claim the revamped hall is an eyesore and out of keeping with its surroundings - and Wansbeck Council planners say the extension has been built a metre higher than it should have been.
Organisers of a playscheme for youngsters in Bedlington hope to repeat it after saying judging it a huge success.
The six-week summer schedule of events, organised by Bedlington Youth Partnership, saw 16 children getting active and trying new hobbies.
The students, from Bedlington High School and St. Benet Biscop Roman Catholic School, participated in a range of sports, including kayaking, windsurfing, fishing, hill-walking, ice-skating and motor-biking.
FASCINATING archive film footage of the great days of coal mining in Bedlington will go on show at the former Woodhorn Colliery in Ashington next month.
Three films - showcasing the 1959 miners' picnic in Bedlington, the former Woodhorn Colliery in the 1970s and the transportation of coal from the old Ashington Colliery - will be shown at the special screening at the Woodhorn Museum and Archives Centre on the afternoon of Wednesday October 1.
The miners' picnic footage, originally shot in June 1959, has been converted from cine film onto DVD and had a sound track added using 78rpm recordings held by the Northumberland Collections Service.
A BROTHER and sister from Bedlington are taking part in the Loch Ness Marathon.
Katherine Storey, 43, and Foster Innes, 39, will attempt the October 5 26.2-mile challenge in aid of Epilepsy Action.
They will be joining hundreds of runners at Loch Ness in Scotland, in a bid to help support the 456,000 people living with epilepsy in the UK.
A couple who decided to escape from a disaster at home with a holiday found themselves caught up in a two-day nightmare following the collapse of the XL airline.
Community nurse Margaret Campbell, 54, was left stunned by the devastation caused to her home in the quiet cul-de-sac of Glebe Mews in Bedlington by a grandmother who lost control of her car.
The woman, in her 70s, lost control in a turning circle at the top of the cul-de-sac. Her Toyota Corolla then careered over a rockery and tore up a lawn before hitting the house.
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