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Traffic & Construction Acomb
A new daily bus service linking Hexham and Alston has been introduced as Northumberland County Council and Go North East roll out wider changes across the Tyne Valley.
Traffic & Construction Acomb
Northumberland County Council says a series of timetable and route changes will improve public transport links across the western Tyne Valley, including a new daily service between Hexham and Alston.
Culture
Hexham Abbey will host a Glastonbury-style weekend featuring tribute performances, local musicians, expanded facilities and a Sunday screening at the Forum Cinema.
Traffic & Construction
Hexham MP Joe Morris has begun a constituency-wide summer tour, starting with street surgeries in Whitfield, Carrs Mill, Ayle, Slaggyford and Halton Lea Gate. Residents raised concerns about rural potholes, west Northumberland bin collections and blind junctions, with Morris saying he will take issues forward after Parliament’s summer recess.
Traffic & Construction
Hadrian Healthcare has submitted plans for a three-storey, 75-bed care home on the former Matthew Charlton builder’s merchant site off Station Road in Hexham.
Culture Haydon Bridge
Hexham library will be designated a Northumberland “hub” library with 43 staffed hours each week, Saturday opening and on-site customer services under revised plans due to go to the council’s Cabinet for a final decision.
Crime & Public Safety Hexham East
Anvil Homes plans to refurbish and extend 12 former Northumbria Police houses in Hexham after the properties stood vacant for almost a decade. Councillors have welcomed their return to residential use but criticised the absence of social or affordable homes in the scheme.
Community The Sele
Players in Hexham were named among North East Postcode Lottery winners after the winning areas were selected between 18 and 24 July 2026.
Culture
Hexham Abbey has received a £138,088 National Lottery Heritage Fund grant to develop a major conservation project for its internationally renowned medieval panel paintings and other historic treasures.
Education
Queen Elizabeth High School has thanked its school community as its head prepares to leave at the end of the academic year.
Business & Openings
A Fenham man who carried out illegal and potentially life-threatening gas work at a home in Hexham has received a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to 10 breaches of gas-safety regulations.
Education
Queen Elizabeth High School’s Year 10 Silver group completed its qualifying Duke of Edinburgh expedition last week, walking across North Northumberland over three days in hot conditions.
Education
Queen Elizabeth High School’s Year 9 Project Q Drama Club staged a production for Year 5 HMS students, exploring bullying, vaping, toxic relationships and peer pressure before a question-and-answer session with the cast.
Education
Former Queen Elizabeth High School students returned to support applicants facing an earlier deadline, sharing advice on university courses, applications and career pathways. The alumni included students and graduates linked to medicine, neuroscience, physics, chemistry, history and materials science.
Education
Queen Elizabeth High School has honoured its highest-achieving Year 9 and 10 students at a celebration event recognising their hard work and success during the school year.
Education
Sociology students at Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham took on the roles of famous sociologists while debating education, crime and the family over cake.
Sport
Queen Elizabeth High School’s sixth-form students will host their annual charity day on 16 July 2026 to raise money for Hexham-based charity Adapt.
Education
Year 12 A-level Biology students from Queen Elizabeth High School have received awards after competing in the Intermediate Biology Olympiad, which attracted more than 15,000 students nationwide.
