Morpeth County Councillors met this week with Police and Crime Commissioner Kim McGuinness and the local PCSO team. Cllrs John Beynon, David Bawn and Richard Wearmouth visited the Avenues in Stobhill, before completing the visit at Morpeth’s Sanderson Arcade.

Pictured (L-R) are: Cllr Wojciech Ploszaj, Cllr Gordon Stewart, Cllr Barry Flux, Cllr Jeff Watson, Cllr Paul Scott, Cllr John Riddle, Cllr Catherine Seymour, Cllr Guy Renner-Thompson, Cllr Colin Horncastle, Cllr Glen Sanderson, Cllr Richard Wearmouth, Cllr Wendy Pattison.

This week Northumberland County Council’s cabinet took to the water with the Port of Blyth to view progress on projects up and down the river that will fundamentally change the future of Blyth and south east Northumberland.

Pictured with Ann (L-R) are: Cllr Wendy Pattison, Portfolio Holder for Adults’ Wellbeing; Cllr Richard Wearmouth, Deputy Leader and Portfolio Holder for Corporate Services; Cllr Glen Sanderson, Leader; and Cllr Jeff Watson, Portfolio Holder for Healthy Lives.

Northumberland will be among the first county councils to benefit from the rollout of 600,000 more rapid Covid tests.           

New statistics demonstrate huge levels of support for businesses in Northumberland from central government. Over £200 billion has been provided to businesses and individuals across the UK.

Richard Wearmouth, Northumberland County Council’s cabinet member with responsibility for Economic Development has welcomed the announcement that the UK Government-owned British Business Bank has issued its 75,000th loan through its Start Up Loans programme, marking more than £623 million investe

The Chancellor has announced a much-needed boost for tourism and hospitality businesses in Northumberland, as part of his Summer Economic Update to kickstart the economy post-coronavirus.