A Territorial Army soldier who served in Iraq is literally shouting from the rooftops about her new business, which helps people to manage events and parties online.

Emma Williams, from Cramlington, recently set up new business Justbooked to help groups organise the payment of events such as stag weekends and Christmas parties.

Her website, Justbooked.co.uk, provides users with a trust account that allows them to pay for their part of the event without the organiser having to rush around collecting the cash.

Cramlington Town drew 0-0 with Blyth Town in the Northern Alliance Premier Division .

Shankhouse celebrated their first home win after beating Seaton Delaval 3-1. Michael Bell and Mark Watson put Shankhouse on track before Paul Swithenbank scored a third before
half-time from the spot after a handling offence by Delaval's Dean Taylor saw him red carded. Connal Reed replied for the visitors.

Walker Central and Wark are enjoying a six-point lead at the head of the Premier Division after they both won again.

Health care chiefs have given the go ahead for a £200m investment in services in Northumberland, including a new emergency care hospital on the outskirts of Cramlington.

Wansbeck and North Tyneside hospitals will see significant investment while community hospitals in Berwick and Haltwhistle will be rebuilt.

The package of measures was approved yesterday at a meeting of the NHS North of Tyne Trust.

Travel disruptions for motorists on one of the busiest routes through Northumberland will end within days.

From Monday drivers will be able to use the A189 spine road as normal again following the completion of a major improvement scheme.

The work - at the Shankhouse interchange more commonly known as the Three Horse Shoes roundabout - has been completed five weeks ahead of schedule by the county council.

Two of Northumberland County Council's planning committees are set to be merged because of their light workloads and the need to make further efficiency savings.

A report is expected to go to the executive next month on amalgamating the south area committee, which deals with planning applications in Blyth Valley, and the east committee, which covers Wansbeck.

Only three top-flight league games were down for decision in the Northern Alliance Premier Division at the weekend due to league cup fixtures.

Cramlington Town claimed their first home win by beating neighbours Ashington Colliers 2-1 and they completed a league double in the process (picture by Steve Miller).

Shankhouse had drawn three and lost two of their previous five games, so a 4-1 victory against Stocksfield at Prudhoe was welcome. Michael Bell (2), Anthony Moran and Darren Naylor notched.

The first ever NSPCC North's Aerobathon takes place on Monday 9th November 2009 from 6pm-8pm.

The two-hour sponsored aerobic workouts will be led by qualified instructors across 70 leisure centres in the North East and Yorkshire.

Ashington Leisure Centre, Blyth Sports Centre, Concordia Leisure Centre and Newbiggin Sports and Community Centre are all taking part in this great fundraising event.

The Aerobathon event aims to raise over £90,000 for the Child's Voice Appeal - a helpline for adults concerned about a child.

A school in Cramlington has won a national prize for its sports fields.

Cramlington Learning Village & Sporting Club won the Best Public Sector Sports Ground of the Year Award at the IOG Industry Awards London.

The site has a range of sports pitches.

Families can have a Happy Hallowe'en this year at an event in Cramlington.

The now-established Cafe Azure, inside Azure Garden Centre off Station Road, is hosting a series of spooky activities on the day.

There will be free face painting from 9.30am to 3.30pm, while families can get carving at home and bring their masterpieces in to be judged in the Cafe's annual pumpkin carving competition. There will also be opportunities to join in with a spooky treasure hunt and taste some festive treats.

Entry is free. For more information visit www.cafe-azure.co.uk/news_events or call 01670 733762.

One of the North East's last Battle of Arnhem survivors has died.

Philip Thomas, 88, was a veteran of the daring drop behind enemy lines in the southern Dutch town in September, 1944.

The raid, later immortalised in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far, was a heroic but ultimately doomed attempt to shorten the war by capturing key bridges on the Maas and Rhine rivers.