This year Sandy Higson, aka The Mad Jam Woman, won the most prestigious Double Gold Award at the 2026 Artisan World Marmalade ...

Coquet Island is one of Europe’s most important seabird sites, protected by intensive wardening throughout the breeding season. Sarah leads a small island team of one warden, Rebekah Goodwill and two ...

Work has begun on creating a zebra crossing on Percy Drive, with work expected to take three weeks.

Many people are enjoying the Bord Waalk sculptures and have asked for more information on them. The app will be ready very soon, and there will be leaflets available once the sculptures are all ...

Hundreds of people turned out to see the festive lights switch-on, and despite wet weather during the day, fortunately there was no rain on Amble’s parade. The theme for the parade this year was ...

We have recently met with key stakeholders addressing issues such as the NECA Child Poverty Action Plan, Northumberland County Council for Highways and Regeneration opportunities with Advance ...

With another successful Puffin Festival behind us, it’s a good time to think about how the puffins are doing on Coquet Island. To do that, wardens and volunteers set aside a day each year to carry out ...

Congratulations to students at King Edwin Primary who came second in the Lego League Challenge competition held in North Tyneside. The team of ten youngsters in Year 5 competed against 19 other teams ...

James Andriot now joins the school after four years as Principal of Excelsior Academy in Newcastle. He said: “It is an honour and a privilege to be appointed as Headteacher of James Calvert Spence ...

The Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland presented Amble Development Trust with the King’s Award in December. The prestigious award is the equivalent of an MBE for organisations, and is given in ...

A blustery wind did not deter the crowds from turning out at Amble’s memorials to show their respect and gratitude to all those who took part in the D-Day landings of 80 years ago. Coquet Churches ...

The rota for banks is as follows: ...