Today's machinery and increased silage production means that plants once common in traditional meadows are less likely to survive because they are cut before they have time to seed.

Groundbreaking radar techniques are being used to unlock the historic secrets of one of the North's wildest upland areas.

Work to repair 30 years of damage, caused by draining the North's upland wetlands, was given a major cash injection yesterday.

With interest flooding in from as far afield as Texas, New Zealand and Kuala Lumpur, a small rural Northumberland gallery is enjoying international interest in its Northumbrian art.

For the past two months, the now well-known and much-loved piano, has been standing outside the Pebbles Gallery on Shield Street in Allendale, Northumberland, available to be played by any passer by who fancied having a tinkle.

Rowantree Stob, in the East Allen Valley near Allendale, is a scheduled ancient monument which was once a fortified property, parts of which date to the 16th Century.

Ambulance response time figures released on Friday revealed crews are struggling to reach remote locations in the region within eight-minute target times. Paul Liversidge, director of ambulance operations ...

An ambitious arts and media centre for Northumberland came a step closer to reality after getting £25,000 from a rural charity.

A spell of good weather has allowed one of Britain's rarest birds to bounce back after two bad breeding years, according to the North Pennines Black Grouse Recovery Project.