| Rural Topics |
1978-04-17 |
The Northern Counties Otter Hounds, kennelled at Great Swinburne, faced disbandment because the otter had been declared an endangered species. Master of the hounds, Mark Hewer from West Woodburn, revealed that the hounds had not killed an otter for over six years ? and that had been an old, diseased animal. |
| Rural Topics |
1993-09-02 |
Article on ?louping ill? in sheep. |
| Rural Topics |
2001-02-23 |
Livestock at Bobby Waugh?s Burnside Farm, Heddon on the Wall, and at a Ponteland farm were among the first culled in Northumberland as the foot and mouth outbreak struck. |
| Rural Topics |
2002-01-13 |
The lifting of restrictions imposed during the foot and mouth crisis meant that all routes along Hadrian?s Wall were due to open in time for the half term holiday. |
| Rural Topics |
2002-01-20 |
A five day hearing about how the foot and mouth crisis was handled in Northumberland concluded that Defra had been ill-equipped to deal with the outbreak. |
| Rural Topics |
2004-08-22 |
Over 40 public telephone boxes were marked for closure in Tynedale, blamed on the growing use of mobile phones. |
| Rural Topics |
2006-01-29 |
The Youth Hostels at Acomb, Bellingham, Greenhead and Alston were set for closure in a modernisation programme set up by the Youth Hostels Association. |
| Rural Topics |
2009-10-09 |
The National Trust offered a three-year lease on the 18-acre Crag Lough from April 2010 with no more than five boats moored and 15 rods in use at any one time. |
| Rural Topics |
2014-05-09 |
Colliery closures: South Tyne, Haltwhistle, 1931, Plashetts, 1935, Acomb, 1952, West Wylam, 1961, Bardon Mill, 1973. |
| Rural Topics |
2016-02-05 |
Northumberland National Park launched online gallery to mark its 60th anniversary and appealed for pictures at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Compare 12/02/2016. |
| Schools |
1865-08-22 |
A bazaar was held in Gilsland to raise funds towards the cost of a Church of England school in the village. |
| Schools |
1874-09-03 |
The work of the 154 pupils of Ridsdale school ? 52 boys, 42 girls and 60 infants ? was described as excellent following the annual inspection. |
| Schools |
1878-04-04 |
A very successful amateur concert was held in The Hott Schoolroom, Tarset, featuring items by present and former pupils of the school to raise money to pay off the debts incurred when the school was renovated and enlarged. |
| Schools |
1878-04-11 |
A meeting considered ways of raising funds to increase the accommodation of pupils at Deanraw School, Langley, as required by the education authority. |
| Schools |
1883-01-18 |
Some 50 children from Tarset gathered at Thorneyburn Rectory, where after tea and cake they went through to a Christmas tree decorated with Chinese lanterns as well as a gift for every child. |
| Schools |
1888-08-02 |
Schoolchildren in Allendale were said to be well behaved and showed better than average intelligence. |
| Schools |
1889-08-29 |
Two Redesmouth children contracted diphtheria through breathing fumes from a cesspit in the yard of their school. |
| Schools |
1890-03-22 |
(HH) Annual meeting of Plenmeller Industrial School on Wednesday 19th March 1890. |
| Schools |
1890-05-17 |
(HH) School attendance numbers for the Haltwhistle area. |
| Schools |
1890-07-26 |
(HH) The enlargement of the Day School at Cowburn was envisaged. |
