MoD censured over soldier’s death on training exercise in 2016
Conor McPherson, 24, served in the Black Watch. Source link
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Boom and bust in the industrial north-east – in pictures
A new exhibition brings together Chris Killip and Graham Smith’s seminal shots of England’s north-east from 1975-87, when heavy industry and working-class life were transformed Continue reading… Source link
‘Awful’: climate crisis threatens to sink historic north-east golf club | Northumberland
For most golfers, the most damage a furious wind can do is to your handicap – and, if you are really unfortunate, your car windshield. But visitors to Alnmouth village golf club in Northumberland have to contend with the prospect of storms and rising sea levels consigning the oldest nine-hole links course in the country to history. There are fears that the historic golfing attraction will disappear as a result of coastal erosion, the undefended area closest to the sea near the fifth hole is especially at risk. “I don’t think in another 100 years we will be playing golf here, I think it’s changed that much in the last 30 years,” said the club secretary Ian Simpson, who has been a member for more than a decade. Ian Simpson, the Alnmouth club secretary, suggests rock armour, which is used in harbours, may solve the issue. Photograph: Gary Calton/The Observer Simpson’s daughter, Emelia, who is club manager, added: “No one wants to play on an eight-hole golf course.” Built in 1869 by the Scottish golfer …
Felled Sycamore Gap tree to go on public display in Northumberland | Northumberland
The largest section of the Sycamore Gap tree unlawfully cut down last September is to go on public display, Northumberland national park has announced. The tree, which stood in a dip next to Hadrian’s Wall, will be exhibited at the Sill, a tourist attraction in Hexham, not far from where it once stood. The national park said it had received 2,000 “heartfelt” messages from people from all around the world expressing sorrow after the tree’s toppling, labelled by Northumbrian police as a “deliberate act of vandalism”. Though a man in his 60s and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in connection with the incident, no further action was taken. The felling provoked an outpouring of shock and anger. Hexham Conservative MP Guy Opperman described locals as “devastated” by the destruction of what he called a “symbol of the north-east”. Hairy Biker celebrity chef Si King, who grew up in County Durham, described the incident on social media as the “murder” of a “sentinel of time and the elemental spirit of Northumberland”. Historic England said a section …
‘Proper exciting’: passenger trains to return to Northumberland Line after 60 years | Northumberland
“It has been painful and torturous,” said Dennis Fancett, reflecting on a 19-year battle to bring back trains to overlooked communities in south-east Northumberland. “It is a working freight line. It should have been the easiest rail reopening in the country and it hasn’t been. It has been painful and stop-start for years.” Barring a last-minute crisis, the pain will soon be over. The new Northumberland Line from Newcastle to Ashington will this summer restore passenger services 60 years after they were axed as part of the Beeching cuts. The passenger trains were cut but the freight continued, meaning a working line has been retained. The Guardian joined a special test run of the service on a two-carriage 158 Express Sprinter, travelling through a landscape once dominated by coalmines. It is not the most spectacularly scenic line. Bar a great view of the ailing Tyne Bridge, it is mostly housing estates and green fields soon to become housing estates. But the economic and social benefits of having two trains an hour will be huge, supporters …
Two teenagers dead after car crash in Northumberland | Northumberland
Two teenagers have died and three other people have been seriously injured in a car crash in Northumberland. Northumbria police said Connor Lapworth, 18, died at the scene and Corey Mavin, 15, suffered head injuries and died in hospital. The incident involved a Suzuki Vitara, a Range Rover Evoque and a Ford Focus in Cramlington on Friday. The pair of teenagers who died, and two of those who have serious injuries were in the Suzuki. A 36-year-old woman in the Range Rover was also seriously injured. The driver of the Ford Focus was unharmed. Northumbria police said: “Our thoughts are firmly with the families of the two young people who have lost their lives. “We will offer them all of the support they need and ask that their privacy is respected at this time.” Source link
Two teenagers die, three others seriously injured in three-vehicle crash in Northumberland | UK News
Two teenagers have died and three others seriously injured in a three-car crash in Northumberland. Northumbria police said Connor Lapworth, 18, died at the scene and 15-year-old Corey Mavin, suffered head injuries but died in hospital. The accident involved a Suzuki Vitara, a Range Rover Evoque and a Ford Focus on the A192 Hartford Bank, in Cramlington on Friday. The teens who died, and two of those who suffered serious injuries were in the Suzuki. A 36-year-old woman in the Range Rover was also seriously injured. A 52-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was uninjured. Northumbria Police said: “Our thoughts are firmly with the families of the two young people who have lost their lives. “We will offer them all of the support they need and ask that their privacy is respected at this time.” Source link