Bedlingtonshire Community High School assistant headteacher Mr Close-Ash was trekking through the Scottish Highlands when he came across a stricken walker who had fallen from a narrow mountain path.

Cold and shivering, the terrified woman had shattered bones in her arm and shoulder after slamming into rocks as she plummeted down the mountainside.

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Christopher Turner, of Hollymount Square, Bedlington, appeared before South East Northumberland magistrates' court yesterday, charged with theft of the metal valued to be around £1,500.

The court heard how the 36-year-old is jointly accused of stealing lead and copper flashing from the roof of Meadowdale Middle School, in Hazelmere Avenue, Bedlington, on Saturday, with Scott Maddison.

The injured man was discovered after he plunged from the icy roof of Meadowdale Middle School, on Hazelmere Avenue, in Bedlington, on Saturday.

Last night he remained in a critical condition at Wansbeck General Hospital, in Ashington.

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The school will reopen on Tuesday 5 January.

Alastair Aitken, 37, was trekking through the Highlands at the weekend when he spotted someone who had slipped and plunged into a freezing river below.

The man survived the fall but suffered serious injuries and was left helpless at the bottom of the cliff face.

Students at Bedlingtonshire Community High School filled pencil cases with basic stationery to send to a school in Romania.

The school was approached by a parent, Jill Kinghorn, to help to fill 1,000 pencil cases, and was delighted to help.

About 1,500 school pupils in Wansbeck are joining forces with local companies of all sizes, who are investing thousands of pounds in the project.

From left, Callum Gardner- Kerr, Reece Aitmann, Suzi Howey of Food Local Food, David Turner and Joseph Beers at St Benet Biscop High School

Make £5 Grow is the brainchild of the Wansbeck Education Enterprise Network (WEEN).

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.

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.

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.

The reorganisation - which includes a £5m investment in new building and remodelling - will see the schools in Blyth and Bedlington switch to a two-tier system.

Detailed proposals submitted by the four governing bodies have been approved by the county council's Liberal Democrat executive.

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.

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.