Archive for the ‘Local News’ Category

  Exciting News: The Northumberland Line is Opening! 🚆✨ We’re thrilled the Northumberland Line will officially open to passengers on Sunday, 15th December 2024! 🌟 After more than 60 years since the last passenger train on 31st October 1964, the stations at Ashington & Seaton Delaval will be the first to welcome travellers once again. […]

Dive into Action at Newbiggin by the Sea! Exciting news, Newbiggin community! We’re on a mission with NCC Sports Development to give our beloved seaside activities a fresh and thrilling new identity, and we need YOUR creative ideas! Whether it’s a catchy name like “Move Newbiggin,” “Energise Newbiggin” or “Active Newbiggin,” we want to hear […]

Important Beach Works Update for Newbiggin by the Sea Residents! Planned beach works for Newbiggin by the Sea have been confirmed and will commence on Monday, 24th June 2024. Work will take place Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm. During this period, vehicles will be stored in a fenced-off compound within the Church Point […]

  Celebrating 200 Years of Lifesaving! The RNLI has been connecting communities from across the organisation to mark an incredible 200 years of lifesaving. A special scroll, printed on eco-friendly bamboo paper, has travelled far and wide, bringing RNLI communities together for this extraordinary moment in history. This scroll carries the RNLI’s One Crew Pledge, […]

We regret to inform you that our beloved Central Play Area experienced vandalism on Wednesday, May 1st, around 7:15 PM. Our CCTV cameras captured footage of 5 individuals engaging in destructive behavior, damaging the play equipment. Not only did they damage the property, but they also attempted to remove a heavy item from the premises, […]

A partial seasonal dog ban on Newbiggin Bay came back into effect on May 1. In 2011 Northumberland County Council first put in place an exclusion order on dogs accessing parts of beaches at Newbiggin (and Blyth) over the summer months. Dogs are also not allowed in any enclosed children’s play areas all year round. […]