Students and staff at two partnership schools in Northumberland are celebrating after winning an accolade for their enterprising spirit.
Bedlingtonshire Community High School and West Sleekburn Middle School, which are joined together in a formal federation, are the winners of the Wansbeck Enterprising Schools award for secondary schools.
Ross Thain and Sonia Burdis from West Sleekburn Middle School with the Wansbeck Enterprise Trophy
Presenting the award, Robin Casson, director of children's services for the county council, said the schools had "embedded an enterprising culture" and had shared the leadership role across staff and students alike.
A supermarket chain has backed a project aimed at providing useful activities for teenagers in Bedlington.
Staff at the Tesco store in Bedlington dished up food for a barbecue which was held at the end of a successful orienteering event for 35 young people aged 13 to 19.
The day was organised by Northumbria Police and Bedlington Youth Partnership, and involved the teenagers finding their way around the town and completing various challenges before ending up in Dr Pitt Park.
Marathon man Carl Gair is taking to the track again to raise cash.
Carl, from Bedlington, will run 156 miles across the Sahara desert next year in the Marathon des Sables, and aims to raise ã10,000 for charity Mencap.
He and marathon runner Rory Coleman will complete 26 miles around Bedlington Community High School's race track tomorrow. In July, Carl raised over ã2,000 in a similar challenge at Whitley Memorial C of E Aided First School.
A blaze which broke out in highly-combustible materials at a Northumberland scrapyard created a huge plume of thick smoke which could be seen from miles away.
Around 15 firefighters from three stations spent more than two hours tackling the blaze in a former coal depot on the Barrington industrial estate in Bedlington on Saturday.
The county's fire and rescue service received a spate of 999 calls from members of the public who saw the cloud of black smoke billowing out from the site after the fire started just before 4pm.
A company that has been operating for less than two years has been crowned Wansbeck Business of the Year.
Food Local Food, based at Bothal between Ashington and Morpeth, was set up by Alison Taylor because of her passion for locally produced food and frustration at being unable to find it in many supermarkets.
The award-winning Food Local Food team with, far right, John McCabe of Rio Tinto Alcan, Food Local Food director Suzi Howey, second from right, and founder Alison Taylor, third from right
The company, which employs nine people, now provides locally sourced food from 120 suppliers for sale to consumers through its website - which also picked up the technical award on Thursday night.
Bedlington Terriers were taken to the wire by South Shields, for whom Lee Paul Scroggins gave his side a lifeline after Anthony Shandran had twice beat goalkeeper Andrew Clark to take his tally for the season to 13.
The win moved the Terriers into the top six of the Skilltrainingltd Northern League Division One, which is now being topped by Penrith.
A campaign to promote enterprise and new business start-ups in part of Northumberland has been boosted by the opening of two new learning centres.
The enterprise centres have been developed at Bedlingtonshire Community High School and Guide Post Middle School.
They are part of the Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI) running in Wansbeck - a Government-backed scheme aimed tackling the district's poor record in new business development.
Traders in Morpeth have started in an angry war of words with their local MP over his stance on the thorny issue of car parking charges in Northumberland.
Morpeth Chamber of Trade says it is disappointed that Wansbeck MP Denis Murphy will not support its campaign to end the current two-tier system of charging in his own constituency.
They have accused him of "political point scoring" rather than ensuring a fair deal for all of the communities which he represents.
As the new term gets under way school students have already been nominated for a prestigious award for their initiative.
Bedlingtonshire Community High School has been nominated for an Enterprising Schools Award by the Wansbeck Enterprise Education Network.
The award will be judged by Northumberland Council and is based on the pupils' participation in enterprise and entrepreneurial activities.
Bedlington Terriers moved into seventh position in the Skilltrainingltd Northern League with a 2-0 victory over Ryton at Welfare Park.
Christian Graham split the visitors' defence to provide an opportunity for Anthony Shandran which he gratefully accepted in the 33rd minute.
Ryton came more into the game and had the home side under considerable pressure, but in stoppage time Shandran made the points safe with his second goal of the night.
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