The Northumberland Girls' League held their end-of-season finals day at Cramlington Sporting Club.

The day kicked off with the Under-10 Cup final between Blyth Town Pumas and team-mates Blyth Town Panthers, the Pumas triuimphing 6-0.

Forest Hall, just crowned Under-10 League champions, claimed the Under-10 Shield with a 4-1 victory over Corbridge.

A presentation on plans to revamp the region's hospitals takes place in Northumberland next week.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is proposing a new specialist emergency care hospital near Cramlington for people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside, improvements to Wansbeck and North Tyneside general hospitals and rebuilding community hospitals in Berwick and Haltwhistle.

A presentation on the plans takes place at a meeting of Warkworth Parish Council on Thursday, June 4 at 6.30pm in the Memorial Hall on Castle Street.

A nursery in Northumberland has been named the best in the country.

Little Angels, in Cramlington, has won the National Day Nurseries Association Nursery of the Year Award, adding the national crown to a regional award it won earlier this month.

The nursery, which has won £1,400 to spend with award sponsors Hope Education, was praised for providing "magical experiences" for children.

The same three clubs as last year - Walker Central, Gillford Park and Harraby Catholic - filled the leading places in the Re-Max Northern Alliance Premier Division table.

Last-day hosts Shankhouse lost 4-2 to Wark and finished in 7th place. Cramlington Town close the season 13th after a strong finish.

Bosses at Northumberland's new super council are being recommended to stick with its controversial 0845 single telephone number.

County hall chiefs have been urged by campaigners both locally and nationally to change the 0845 6006400 number, which has been provided since April 1 for all people who need to contact the unitary authority.

Blyth Valley Heritage Ltd, which helps organise national heritage open days at various locations in Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley, has been given a £10,000 Awards For All grant to run this year's events.

The group has now formed a limited company and is seeking charitable status.

Rubbish police could confiscate bins if householders fill them with the wrong items.

Northumberland County Council hopes to crack down on contamination in recycling wheelie bins using hard-line tactics.

Householders who repeatedly ignore warnings to stop throwing waste food, nappies or dirty items into the bin which is supposed to be for dry, clean, recyclable materials, will have their bin confiscated.

Sneak thieves ripped lead from windows in a quiet Northumberland street as homeowners slept.

The raiders used the cover of darkness to clamber up on sills and strip lead from ground floor bay windows in Hazelmere Crescent, Cramlington, while residents were in bed.

Five properties in the quiet cul-de-sac were hit in the early hours of Tuesday, leaving victims with repair bills estimated at between £300 and £400 and the likely loss of their insurance excess.

Tynedale and Ponteland have made it into the second round of the Wellstream NTSL Charity Bowl after wins this week.

Tynedale racked up 151-2, with Paul Scandle scoring 55 not out and Barry Stewart chipping in with 30. In reply, Alnwick could only score 114-9, with Stewart picking up four wickets for nine runs.

Ponteland beat Percy Main after scoring 124-6 and restricting Percy Main to 101-9. Dan Wright top scored with 50 and Jonathan Appleby picked up four wickets for 15.

In the SG Wealth Management Northumberland Midweek League, Bates Cottages (167-2) beat Bomarsund (96), Warkworth (130-2) prevailed against Cramlington (124-5), Bedlington (137-4) saw off Northern Social (102-9) and Kirkley (102-3) beat New Hartley (101-6).

Poems have been written as part of a scheme to tackle drug use.

Schools in Cramlington and Seaton Valley took part in the project, organised by Northumberland County Council's community safety team.

Pupils were visited by neighbourhood police officers, who have been working in partnership with the County Council's safer communities unit.