A Jake Lowes goal gave Alnwick the lead at Lowick, but the home team took a share of the points thanks to an equaliser from Andrew Burgon.

Acklington picked up their first win of the season thanks to two goals by Eric McKevitt and single strikes by Aaron Redpath, Wayne Robinson, Richard Lemon and Dell Sawes.

However, it was not all one way as Berwick United Reserves hit back with a Chris Falconer hat-trick and a Michael Robinson goal.

A group of eight students from Ashington Community High School will be spending the autumn term working at two of Northumberland Wildlife Trust's busiest reserves.

The youngsters, all between 13 and 16 will spend every Tuesday helping with practical conservation tasks at the Trust's East Chevington and Druridge Pools reserves.

They will be the first of four groups to work with Alex Lister, estates officer with the Trust. During the 2009 to 2010 academic year Alex will hold 30 sessions and work with four groups within the High School.

Miles of sweeping sand dunes and stunning scenery have proved a musical inspiration for Jay Smith.

The Northumberland singer/songwriter has qualified for the UK Open Mic competition to be held at the Journal Tyne Theatre in Newcastle next week.

The unsigned artist gains his inspiration for his songs from the beach near his home in Cresswell.

Northumberland is the UK's worst blackspot for deaths involving fork lift trucks, new figures have shown.

The county suffers more fork lift-related fatalities per head of its population than anywhere else in the country, according to statistics from the Fork Lift Truck Association.

The Berwick area was home to the most per capita deaths from fork lift truck accidents between 2001 and 2008.

Village doctors are bidding to open their own pharmacy in a bid to safeguard the future of their practice and the services it provides to patients.

Dr Chris Waite and his wife Dr Yvonne Lees - who run the 3,000-patient practice in Widdrington Station- have applied to open the pharmacy at their Grange Road surgery building.

Dr Chris Waite, centre, of Widdrington Surgery, with councillors Joe Sennett, left, and Arrnold Baker, holding the 1,750 signature petition to save the surger

If approved, they hope the facility will make it virtually impossible for anyone to open a rival pharmacy in the village - and ensure the continued viability of their practice.

Wideopen and District surrendered their 100% record in Division Two of the Northern Alliance when they were beaten 2-0 at home by Stobswood Welfare, who are in fourth spot and enjoying a great run.

Goals for Paul Smith and Chris Graham did the trick for Stobswood.

Bedlington Terriers Reserves were on the wrong end of a heavy defeat at Rothbury in the North Northumberland League this weekend.

Four goals from Jackie Angus, three by Craig Sutton and single strikes by Stuart Foreman, Alan Brown, Michael Ord and Scott Rennison saw the home team net 11 times.

Berwick Town put in a better performance, but still lost out to Shaun McKay and Kyle Kennedy efforts for Shilbottle.

Savage job losses and service cuts flagged up for Northumberland's new super council over the next four years have been described as a "worst case scenario" by a town hall leader.

Details of the potential cutbacks - which it is claimed could mean up to 3,500 redundancies and draconian service reductions - have emerged from a private briefing session involving senior county council officers and political group leaders.

They depict a gloomy scenario in which the unitary authority could find itself by 2013, and are based on predicted budget reductions totalling £80m.

Golden leaves, lingering sunsets and flocks of migrating birds are among the many reasons to visit Northumberland in autumn, and a new campaign is appealing for more tourists to come and experience the region's charms.

Northumberland Tourism and its partners are inviting everyone from near and far to celebrate the beautiful season in the North East.

Called Autumn Warmth, the campaign will focus on walking, art and landscape, as well as Northumberland's trees and forests.

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 for North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust sets out what his crews are doing to improve the "challenging and difficult" issues.

The ambulance service is an easy target for critics who point to response times in rural areas as a perceived "failure".

Yesterday's Journal printed one of these stories from a Freedom of Information request by the Berwick Conservative parliamentary candidate Anne-Marie Trevelyan. However, the suggestion that there is a 999 rural crisis which we cannot solve couldn't be further from the truth.