Author: Hannah Graham

Hirst Park, in Ashington, is currently undergoing a £2.7m renovation - but vandals have put back the progress by causing £20,000 of damage

Northumberland County Council's development company Advance Northumberland say they're negotiating with a "major retailer" over the site

The accused woman, also named Odessa Carey, appeared before South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court on Thursday

A woman was arrested in Guide Post on Monday after a body was found in Ashington

A woman was arrested in Guide Post on Monday after a body was found in Ashington

Families in Milburn Mews, Ashington, say poo, feathers and even carcasses are left by a huge number of pigeons nesting on their roofs

Families in Milburn Mews, Ashington, say poo, feathers and even carcasses are left by a huge number of pigeons nesting on their roofs

'Team Susie' have raised over £50,000 for cancer research in memory of Susie Lockyer, who died of cancer in 2015

Steven Engles, from Ashington, is raising money for Survivors UK while showing that speaking out about sexual abuse doesn't make you any less of a man

We reported on violence and drug problems in the Northumberland town, and it caught the eye of the leader of the opposition