Major Investment in Blyth Town Centre

Blyth Town Centre

More great news for Northumberland. I’ve just seen the letter from the Secretary of State awarding Northumberland County Council £11.3m to regenerate the centre of Blyth. With the Heritage Action Zone funding already secured for Hexham, investment happening in Ashington & Bedlington, development in Prudhoe and much more besides we are demonstrating commitment to economic […]

General Election 2019

2019 Campaigning

Since I started in local politics in May ’17 there have been a lot of elections – County Council, General Election, North of Tyne, NCC by-election, Europe, Police & Crime Commissioner and now another General Election. People are weary but this is the most important one – bringing the brexit paralysis to a speedy conclusion […]

Hexham Roundabout

Bridge End

Where to go for details of the Highways England Bridge End Roundabout Improvement Scheme…

One of the Greenest Counties

Alnmouth

A few months after we declared a Climate Emergency it’s great to see that Northumberland has been named as the greenest county on the North East and ranked 7th in the UK for low levels of emissions. The work we are doing right across the county and across council services will reinforce that position and […]