Local archive
Traffic & Construction
The B6307 between the A695 and B6306 at Linnels Bank is closed in both directions while Northumberland County Council carries out resurfacing and associated works. The first two phases are scheduled to run from October 5 to October 20, between 8am and 5.30pm, with further closures planned under a traffic order lasting until March 26, 2027.
Culture
Hairy Bikers star Si King will appear at Hexham Book Festival at 6.15pm on November 3 as part of a North East tour promoting his first solo cookbook, Proper Home Cooking.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
The family of 76-year-old Doreen Flatman has paid tribute after she died in a two-vehicle collision on the A69 between Haydon Bridge and Hexham. A man has been charged in connection with the crash and remains in custody.
Crime & Public Safety
Daniel Porter, 35, has been charged with causing the death of 76-year-old Doreen Flatman by dangerous driving after a crash on the A69 near Hexham. He faces further charges, including driving while unfit through drink or drugs, and has been remanded in custody.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
Doreen Flatman, 76, died after a two-vehicle collision on the A69 between Haydon Bridge and Hexham on September 26. A man has been charged over the crash, which also left two people seriously injured.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
A person has died after being struck by a train between Hexham and Haydon Bridge, with emergency services attending early on 5 October. The line was closed and Northern services between Carlisle, Hexham, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Nunthorpe were cancelled, delayed or revised.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
A person has died after being struck by a train on the Hexham-Carlisle line, causing disruption between Hexham and Carlisle on October 5.
Business & Openings
The average Hexham home sold for £323,765 after prices fell 3.3% over the latest 12-month period, according to analysed HM Land Registry figures covering 277 sales.
Business & Openings Haydon Bridge
A Hexham Courant archive review looks back at major local stories, from a 2016 jobs fair and tourism changes to foot-and-mouth restrictions, historic accidents, notorious crime cases and Roman discoveries.
Business & Openings
The latest St John’s Chapel Mart sale recorded an average of £107.49 for 2,518 store lambs and feeding ewes, while a charity lamb raised £3,380 for Cancer Research UK.
Traffic & Construction
Loughbrow House on Dipton Mill Road, Hexham, is being marketed for £1,650,000. The Victorian property includes seven bedrooms, more than 19 acres, two cottages, stables and landscaped gardens.
Business & Openings
Hexham Auction Mart reported a strong opening show and sale for the 2026 back-end season, with 492 store cattle and suckled calves sold alongside 2,184 cast ewes, 7,337 store lambs and a strong trade for cast tups.
Business & Openings
Northumbrian Water has restored supplies to homes in west-end Hexham after several bursts affected the network in Mount Pleasant. Final repairs are continuing.
Business & Openings
Property Solvers data found sellers in the NE46, NE47 and NE48 postcode areas accepted an average of £11,804 below their original asking price over the past year. But a Hexham estate agent says the figures reflect pricing strategies rather than falling property values, with buyers still actively searching across the town and the wider Tyne Valley.
Business & Openings
Hexham Auction Mart held its first breeding sheep sale of October, incorporating the annual sale of Cheviot drafts and gimmers.
Community
An evening at The Beaumont Hotel will give women and their supporters the chance to hear from Dr Samantha English, ask questions and learn more about perimenopause and menopause in an informal setting.
Business & Openings
Readers have responded to recent Hexham Courant stories about Ferguson Fitness HQ, Hexham General Hospital and the Kirkstyle Inn and Sportsman’s Rest.
Crime & Public Safety
Northumbria Police is appealing for information to locate Keith, a 41-year-old man from Jarrow who was last seen near Tynemouth Road shortly before midday on Wednesday and may have travelled towards Hexham.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
One person was taken to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary after a crash involving a car and a bus on the A686 near Langley Castle Hotel, south of Haydon Bridge. The road was closed in both directions for several hours while emergency services attended.
Traffic & Construction
The A686 was closed in both directions near Langley, close to Langley Castle Road, after a collision on Wednesday afternoon, September 30. Police attended shortly after 3.30pm. Reports that a school bus and car were involved had not been confirmed.
Community
Lacey Dobson, 16, from Hexham, has used her Miss Teen Newcastle platform to collect 20 bags of unwanted clothing for the Great North Air Ambulance Service after seeing how the charity helped someone known to her family.
Community Tyne Green
Residents at Tyne Green say a group of caravans occupied the football pitch outside their homes for more than a month, prompting Hexham MP Joe Morris to pledge to raise their concerns.
Business & Openings
A small entry of clean prime cattle at Hexham sold to a similar trade, with a Charolais cross heifer from Mr FT… reaching 393.5p/kg.
Business & Openings
A Limousin Cross Heifer from High Plaskett achieved the top price per head at the Hexham Primestock sale, while the highest price per kilogram was 410.0p/kg.
Sport Haydon Bridge
Queen Elizabeth High School’s Year 9 football team opened its campaign with a convincing 4-0 victory against Haydon Bridge on Monday.
Business & Openings
Ibrow Junkie Studio owner Kay Dobson is celebrating more than a year in business in Hexham, where the brow specialist has expanded the salon to include aesthetics and nail services from other independent professionals.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
A woman in her 60s died at the scene of a collision on the A69 between Hexham and Haydon Bridge. Police have appealed for witnesses, while a man in his 30s was taken to hospital with serious injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.
Traffic & Construction Haydon Bridge
The A69 in Northumberland remains closed in both directions between the Hexham Road junction and B6319 Haydon Bridge Crossroads after a serious collision believed to have happened shortly before 2pm on Saturday.
Business & Openings
A packed ringside at St John’s Chapel Auction Mart saw strong demand for Swaledale ewes, shearlings and lambs, with the sale’s top price reaching £420 and the overall average for 185 Swale lambs and broken-mouthed ewes standing at £255.11.
Culture
A new illustrated book by Andy Bull explores the historic paths associated with Northumberland’s Northern saints, including the route through Hexham Abbey.
