Knife-wielding robber jailed for eight years A PUB landlord says the night when a knife-wielding man burst into his bedroom and threatened to kill him during a robbery will haunt him forever. HAYDON View is hosting a cream tea tomorrow afternoon from 2pm until 4pm. There will be a raffle, tombola and a cake stall.
Everyone will be very welcome. Family man Kevin was a one-off HUNDREDS of mourners packed into Hexham Abbey last Thursday to pay tribute to Kevin John Longlands. DAVID Michael Owen and Claire Louise Patterson have become the first couple to marry at Barrasford Methodist Church in 17 years.
Burn restoration work is set for next stage THE final piece of the £245,000 funding jigsaw for phase two of the restoration of Haltwhistle Burn is nearly in place. Tynedale artwork is under the hammer A COLLECTION of paintings, drawings and engravings with Tynedale connections stretching back around 150 years will go under the hammer in Newcastle next week. A HAYDON Bridge newsagent’s, which has served the village for 57 years, is set to close just six months after changing hands.
Expect mixture of musical styles at gig LOCAL musicians from Haydon Bridge, Hexham, Bellingham and Blaydon will perform at Hexham’s Royal Hotel next Tuesday from 8.30pm. WHAT a breath of fresh air it is to read that Haydon Bridge has achieved so much in its village appraisal scheme (Courant, May 25).
Fosters and Northumberland and Tyneside League Division A1: Shotley Bridge v Tynedale. Division B1:Tynedale II v Shotley Bridge II. Three Counties Northumberland League, Premier Division: Belsay v Co.
.. Henderson’s spell shatters victory hopes for Bridge WYLAM were put into bat by Haydon Bridge on what looked like a “sporty” track and even though they lost two early wickets, runs flowed quite freely.
Support for our sporting prospects THE next time you visit one of Leisure Tynedale’s centres, take a look around as there could be an international sports competitor working out next to you. Explore the quiet paths along the Allen Banks THIS train trail walk, published by the Northumberland Countryside Service, connects Haydon Bridge and Bardon Mill. CAROL Davison, of Oakey Dene bed and breakfast, Allendale, raised £100 in aid of Disability North during an abseil off Newcastle’s Tyne Bridge.
Karaoke: Adults, 1, Samantha Hutchinson as Shania Twain; 2, Zoe Wigham as Anastasia; 3, Darren Kirsopp and Gordon Bird, as Shaggy and Rayvon. Jock McConnachie Trophy, for entertaining act: Georgina Welton, as Kate Bush.
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