According to official Police statistics, the number of “violence and sexual offences” have increased by more than 66% in the Ashington area since 2016/17. The worrying stats show that there were 1092 offences from April 16 to March 17, 1652 from April 17 to March 18, and 1816 from April 18 to March 19. This […]

It is now 740 days since the creation of The Ashington Hole. Unbelievable eh? There’s no signs of it being developed, at all. It’s plain to see that the announcement of a new cinema last month was spectacularly timed in order to win over a few voters for the Tory mayoral candidate, Charlie Hoult. That […]

The list, compiled by Bigseven travel, puts Northumberland smack bang in the middle of their list. We all know we should be number 1. Here is the list: 50th. Brummie 49th. Gloucestershire 48th. Hull City 47th. West Country 46th. Wolverhampton 45th. Bristolian 44th. Cornish 43rd. Cheshire 42nd. Salford 41st. Sheffield 40th. Leicester 39th. Hampshire .38th. Durham 37th. […]