Significant progress is being made in Morpeth to reopen buildings that in some cases have been closed for many years.

The refurbishment of the Druridge Bay Visitor Centre has been completed including a new café.

Speaking about the project Councillor Glen Sanderson said, “I am very pleased that our new cafe at Druridge Bay Country Park will be open this weekend, Saturday 4th July, for the first time.

Plans for the refurbishment of Seahouses public toilets have been welcomed by the local Conservative Councillor for Bamburgh, Guy Renner Thompson. 

Longhoughton councillor Wendy Pattison has praised an initiative to help people have access to books during the coronavirus lockdown. 

In her regular update to residents Wendy wrote:

Communities and businesses across Northumberland have benefited from £169 million in government funding since the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic, helping to support some of the most vulnerable people, alongside the sectors that have been hardest hit.

The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of our economic recovery post-coronavirus, and delivering on our manifesto pledges to level up the entire countr

Morpeth councillor Jack Gebhard has welcomed the re-opening of the tourism sector on 4 July, giving a boost for up to 390 businesses in the Wansbeck constituency, and called on people to show their support for businesses following a challenging three months.

Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich.

The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get back on their feet and get people back in their jobs.

For shop owners and customers alike, June 15 was an important day in our national recovery effort when 
non-essential retailers across Northumberland and the whole of England started to reopen.