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Hexham Central with Acomb- Terry Robson
Tel: 01434 607770
E-mail: TRobson@northumberlandcouncil.gov.uk

Hexham East- Ingrid Whale
Tel: 01434 605282
E-mail: IWhale@northumberlandcouncil.gov.uk

Hexham West- Derek Kennedy:
Tel: 01434 607669
E-mail: DKennedy@northumberlandcouncil.gov.uk

Humshaugh- Edward Heslop:
Tel: 01434 681424
E-mail: EHeslop@northumberlandcouncil.gov.uk

Hexham MP Peter Atkinson:
Tel: 0207 2194013 / 01434 603954
www.peteratkinson.com

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Jobs will be created if multi-million pound plans are approved for a new timber development in Northumberland.

Hexham-based Egger announced last night it intended to create the timber processing facility on land east of its plant.

It follows a £110m investment two years ago which saw its rural site transformed into the most advanced particleboard plant in Europe.The Austrian-owned company revealed its latest plans to The Journal last night which would take a year to complete if given the green light.

Hexham rower Matthew Wells has won a bronze medal at the Olympics.

Rowing with fellow Durham University graduate Stephen Rowbotham, the former Queen Elizabeth High School pupil secured third place in the double sculls final, after missing out on silver by an agonising five one hundredths of a second.

PLANS for a controversial Northumberland caravan park have been withdrawn at the last minute.

Residents in the hamlet of Lowgate, near Hexham, had opposed a scheme to add space for 32 new caravans to the existing site.

At the centre of the row is a 26-year-old planning permission that says the extension can take place, but which locals say should be considered out of date.

There were plenty of smiling faces at Queen Elizabeth High School in Hexham, where the overall pass rate cleared 98%, with 57% of all grades being A or B.

A JUNIOR football club has won its battle for a new home after clinching a near- £500,000 grant. Hexham Football Club, pictured, has been working with Tynedale Council to secure funding for new pitches and a changing pavilion at Dukeshouse Wood, on the outskirts of the town, which will eventually cater for 250 youngsters.

And now, having clinched the £463,815 grant from the Football Foundation, work on the £810,000 project can finally begin.

A van driver killed yesterday in a smash on a Northumberland road has been named by police.

Christopher Dobson, 27, of Low Gate, Hexham, was driving towards his home town on the A69 when he crashed into a lorry moving in the opposite direction at Bardon Mill at around 10am.

Police closed the road for five hours to allow for an investigation.