Frustrated families are facing the prospect of having to pay for the completion of unfinished work on their trouble-plagued housing estate following the collapse of its development company.
Residents who bought expensive homes on the upmarket Hartford Hall Estate near Bedlington, Northumberland, say they have been left with rutted roads, unsightly open spaces and inadequate street lighting.
Now they are preparing to pick up the bill to put things right after development company Hartford Hall Estate Ltd became insolvent and was placed in administration earlier this year.
Northumberland's attempts to finally get its hands on funding from a Government programme to rebuild dilapidated schools is set to take an important step forward.
The county has so far been denied any money from the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme, which was launched in 2004 with the aim of rebuilding or renewing every secondary school in England.
Now the Liberal Democrat-led county council is being recommended to progress efforts to gain entry to the programme - with plans to improve under-performing schools in the Wansbeck area.
AN electrical goods recycling business is to create jobs to help businesses and local authorities cope with the problem of electrical waste dumping.
Northumberland-based WREL (WEEE Recycling Electronics Limited) launched in August with the aim of cutting down on the millions of tonnes of electrical waste dumped in landfills nationwide each year.
The firm was set up by former engineer Mick Dyson and former Sita national contracts manager Guy Evans in Bedlington, who saw a lack of treatment facilities in the North East to handle white goods. They will pitch to both homeowners and councils.
Visitors to Plessey Woods, near Bedlington, can learn more about red squirrels and how to protect them in an organised walk next week.
The Save our Squirrels team will be leading a walk on Wednesday 4th November between 9.00am and 10.30am from the Plessey Woods Information Centre.
There will be opportunity to spot the endangered creatures, often seen in the woodland in the area.
Health care chiefs have given the go ahead for a £200m investment in services in Northumberland, including a new emergency care hospital on the outskirts of Cramlington.
Wansbeck and North Tyneside hospitals will see significant investment while community hospitals in Berwick and Haltwhistle will be rebuilt.
The package of measures was approved yesterday at a meeting of the NHS North of Tyne Trust.
Following three consecutive defeats, Penrith returned to winning form at Bedlington Terriers when two of the three goals were scored in the last four minutes.
A Graham Anthony penalty had the Cumbrians in front for 46 minutes before Anthony Shandran looked to have earned Terriers a point, but two minutes from time Wayne Robertson scrambled the ball home to earn a 2-1 win.
Meanwhile, Ashington consolidated third place in the Northern League with an emphatic 4-1 victory at Billingham Town and it's now neck and neck at the top of Division One after Spennymoor Town inflicted a first defeat of the season on Whitley Bay.
Companies in Northumberland have been hitting television screens to show off the attractions of setting up shop in Wansbeck.
The advert in prime-time ITV features companies who have received advice and assistance from Go Wansbeck, the district's local enterprise growth initiative.
Karen Turner, owner of dog walking company Walkies, in the limelight on location in Newbiggin
It is designed to encourage even more people to take advantage of the support on offer and to showcase Wansbeck as a vibrant destination.
Two of Northumberland County Council's planning committees are set to be merged because of their light workloads and the need to make further efficiency savings.
A report is expected to go to the executive next month on amalgamating the south area committee, which deals with planning applications in Blyth Valley, and the east committee, which covers Wansbeck.
Running enthusiast Carl Gair could be forgiven for feeling dizzy as well as tired - after completing a marathon by doing 105 laps of a school athletics track.
Carl clocked up the full Olympic marathon distance of 26 miles by continually pounding the running track at Bedlingtonshire High School before crossing the finish line in four and a half hours.
He took on the challenge, in which he was joined by hundreds of pupils and staff who were sponsored to run as many laps as they could, to raise funds for the learning disability charity Mencap.
Children from a school in Northumberland will be getting eco-friendly this week with a range of activities designed to raise their environmental awareness.
Stead Lane First School in Bedlington has invited environmental protection officer Karen Farr and waste education and recycling officer Lorna Blenkinsop from Northumberland County Council to run a series of workshops throughout this week.
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