Rothbury Res took the lead at Wooler thanks to a Stephen Cowans penalty, but Bob Mathewson, Stuart Bertram, Robert Shepherd and Tom Martin were all on target for the home team before the final whistle.

A Jake Lowes goal gave Alnwick the lead at Lowick, but the home team took a share of the points thanks to an equaliser from Andrew Burgon.

Acklington picked up their first win of the season thanks to two goals by Eric McKevitt and single strikes by Aaron Redpath, Wayne Robinson, Richard Lemon and Dell Sawes.

Students and staff at a Wooler school transformed their garden from a wilderness into an award-winning wonderland.

Glendale Community Middle School scooped a bronze medal for the best horticultural project in the prestigious Northumbria in Bloom competition.

The school turned the plot from a weed-plagued disaster into a gorgeous garden in just a year.

People in north Northumberland are to be asked their views about what they would like to see in a new hospital for Berwick.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is working with staff at Berwick Infirmary and governors elected to represent local residents, to find out what people want from a new hospital.

The Trust has plans to replace the existing Berwick Infirmary with a new, purpose-built facility and is proposing to take a mobile roadshow to a number of communities later this year.

Wild animals such as the beaver and the lynx could be reintroduced to the North East under Government plans to be announced today.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn will call for a "re-wilding" of Britain at the Labour Party conference in Brighton.

The lynx (a young cub is pictured) and the beaver could be two species to benefit from the plan

Under the scheme, which is still at the review stage, large parts of the UK would be allowed to run wild in an effort to boost conservation and combat biodiversity loss.

People living in north Northumberland are being given the opportunity to have their say on future plans to protect the area from flooding.

It follows the launch of a three-month consultation exercise by Northumberland County Council, who have prepared a draft action plan.

Several areas have been affected by flooding twice in the past 12 months and residents are being urged to study the plan and give their views.

Northumberland is the UK's worst blackspot for deaths involving fork lift trucks, new figures have shown.

The county suffers more fork lift-related fatalities per head of its population than anywhere else in the country, according to statistics from the Fork Lift Truck Association.

The Berwick area was home to the most per capita deaths from fork lift truck accidents between 2001 and 2008.

Bedlington Terriers Reserves were on the wrong end of a heavy defeat at Rothbury in the North Northumberland League this weekend.

Four goals from Jackie Angus, three by Craig Sutton and single strikes by Stuart Foreman, Alan Brown, Michael Ord and Scott Rennison saw the home team net 11 times.

Berwick Town put in a better performance, but still lost out to Shaun McKay and Kyle Kennedy efforts for Shilbottle.

Savage job losses and service cuts flagged up for Northumberland's new super council over the next four years have been described as a "worst case scenario" by a town hall leader.

Details of the potential cutbacks - which it is claimed could mean up to 3,500 redundancies and draconian service reductions - have emerged from a private briefing session involving senior county council officers and political group leaders.

They depict a gloomy scenario in which the unitary authority could find itself by 2013, and are based on predicted budget reductions totalling £80m.

Only four rivers in the whole of England are in "top condition", a major survey reveals today, and all of them are in Northumberland.

The Environment Agency's annual assessment of waterways showed seven out of 10 English rivers and nine out of 10 Welsh rivers had either "very good" or "good" standards of biological and chemical water quality.

But under higher standards set down by the EU, which include examination of habitat provided for wildlife and the impact of pressures such as water abstraction, only 26% of rivers reached the required "high" or "good" condition.

Golden leaves, lingering sunsets and flocks of migrating birds are among the many reasons to visit Northumberland in autumn, and a new campaign is appealing for more tourists to come and experience the region's charms.

Northumberland Tourism and its partners are inviting everyone from near and far to celebrate the beautiful season in the North East.

Called Autumn Warmth, the campaign will focus on walking, art and landscape, as well as Northumberland's trees and forests.