The news today that company Britishvolt is to heavily invest in Sleekburn, just outside of Ashington, is terrific. It’s news that everyone in the region wants to hear and we are looking forward to seeing how it unravels in the near future. There’s a potential for 8,000 good quality, green, well paid jobs plus another […]

The Ashington Hole campaign will be kickstarted as of today. This campaign was set up in the wake of the 2017 Northumberland County Council elections, when the Tories won and immediately halted the redevelopment of our town, which was underway under the previous administration. The aim of the campaign was to fight for “The Ashington […]

We are a campaign group determined to make Ashington a better place. We want to create a positive vision of Ashington using social media. We say what we think. Here’s a brief history of what we’ve done. The Ashington Hole was set up in 2017 in opposition to the abandonment of Ashington’s town centre by […]

There were over 3,500 votes cast in the final and The Miners won by 50.1% to Bubbles’ 49.9%. No seriously, it was that close. Our figures suggest there were less than 10 (ten) votes in it. Congratulations to The Miners and every other participant in this years competition. It’s been amazingly popular. In fact, posts […]

Campaign group The Ashington Whole hits 10,000 votes on competition to determine the town’s best pub. Thirty-two pubs were entered into this year’s competition late last week and only four remain. Last year’s winners Bubbles, newcomers to Ashington the Old Ash Dene, The Miner’s and the Block & Tackle are all still going strong. But […]

It has been 855 days since the Tories have been in charge and we still have the hole in the middle of our town. The next Northumberland County Council elections are in sight. In 20 months time, we’ll go the polls to elect our new administration. It’s absolutely evident to see that the Tories are […]

So, eventually, Northumberland County Council and Advance Northumberland have signed a deal with a cinema company in order to develop the Ashington Hole. Firstly, we’d like to point out that this development has only been signed and agreed because of campaigners who have been involved in the Ashington Hole campaign over the last 18 months, […]

We have today written to the leader of Northumberland County Council, Peter Jackson, for the umpteenth time since February 2018. He hasn’t responded to us once. He has consistently ignored Ashington residents, councillors and local business leaders in that time period. An Ashington Town Councillor has written to the Tory leader 5 times, without receiving […]

We’ve seen two awful fires over the last few days, one in Barking, London and one in Ashington, Northumberland. Why is it when there’s a major incident in Ashington – or nearby – it’s not reported in the national press? But when there’s an incident in the South East, it’s all over national and international […]

Schools in Ashington have been put under unbelievable financial strain since 2015 with nearly £3m being cut from their budgets. A massive £2,780,969 has been cut from our schools since 2015, with £2m of that amount being cut from NCEA Duke’s Secondary School. It equates to £769 per pupil. Totally scandalous isn’t it? To put […]