Bedlington Terriers enhanced their chances of ending in the top six in the Northern League First Division with victory over Norton and Stockton Ancients.
Anthony Shandran (2) and David Southern had the Tynesiders comfortably in front before Michael Dunwell replied.
Noise nuisances in Northumberland have been warned to put a lid on their din - or face the risk of action.
Environmental health watchdogs at the county council are clamping down on regular culprits as part of national Noise Action Week, which started yesterday and will run until Friday.
Priorities for action this year include excessive noise from licensed premises, neighbours and transport.
Health and safety rules will stop young people across Northumberland carrying out charity work.
Youth projects and independent schools are among the organisations which have been told by the county council to stop sending youngsters on Duke of Edinburgh awards' scheme expeditions until further notice.
Council bureaucrats say they have no choice but order an immediate suspension of expedition activities.
Bedlington Terriers, still with four games to play, are in with a shout of a top-six place. An only goal by Chris Philipson proved sufficient at home to Billingham Synthonia.
Ashington also have a chance to finish in the top six following victory at Norton and Stockton Ancients with goals from Alex Benjamin (2), Keith Douglas and Gareth Bainbridge. Michael Emmerson and Jamie Clarke responded.
Morpeth Town look doomed since they will have to win their last five matches to have any chance of surviving.
A headteacher in Northumberland has won a top national award for fostering a spirit of enterprise among his students in a former blackspot for new business start-ups.
Nick Bowen - who has been head at St Benet Biscop High School in Bedlington for nine years - has received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion in recognition of his 'inspiring' work.
Under his leadership the school became a specialist business and enterprise college in 2005, and has gained a national reputation for working with the local business community.
An elderly widower claims he has been living "like a tramp" without washing and cooking facilities or even a useable bed while major refurbishment work was carried out to his home.
Angry John Ellison - who is 90 years old and lives alone - says he was not given sufficient warning about the extent of the disruption and mess he would face during the improvement work in his bungalow.
Workmen moved into the property in Bedlington on April 1 to install a new kitchen, replace the bath with a walk-in shower, put in double glazing and do full rewiring.
Barnesbury Cycling Club is holding a youth coaching session at Gallagher Park (behind the police station) in Bedlington on Saturday (1.15pm).
The session will operate under the Go Ride Scheme, developed by the British Cycling Federation and coaching is delivered by fully qualified coaches. All are welcome to attend.
Six rival candidates for the Wansbeck seat at the General Election are set to face questions from the public at a special 'hustings' meeting next week.
The public meeting - which will be held in Ashington Leisure Centre on Tuesday, April 27, at 7pm - has been organised by the South East Northumberland Trades Council.
It aims to stimulate interest in the election and encourage as many people as possible to turn out and cast their votes on polling day, Thursday, May 6.
Four people have been arrested as part of an operation targeting those living on the proceeds of crime.
Northumbria Police launched Operation Payback 4 with a series of raids on houses and businesses across the North East.
In Northumberland, two homes and three commercial premises in the Bedlington area were visited and officers recovered drugs, money and firearms.
The head teacher of a school in Bedlington has been honoured with a top enterprise award.
Seven North East businesses and three individuals are today unveiled as the regional winners of the Queen's Awards for Enterprise 2010 - the UK's most prestigious business accolade.
Among them is Nicholas Bowen, head of St Benet Biscop Catholic High School in Bedlington who has received the Queen's Award for Enterprise Promotion (QAEP).
Winners of the Queen's Awards will receive a royal visit for the presentation of a crystal bowl and will be invited to a special reception at Buckingham Palace in July.
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