Citizens Advice Northumberland – Update on Services

Update from Northumberland Citizens Advice Bureau (NCAB): Please find attached below an update with regards to our service during this extraordinary time. Further information can also be found through our website. We will continue to support the people of Northumberland throughout these unusual circumstances. NCAB Citizens Advice Partners Update document

Hexham Town Council: Coronavirus action

In the light of fast-moving developments on the coronavirus situation Hexham Town Council has looked at future planned events and how it can continue to provide an appropriate level of service to town residents. In following Public Health England and Government guidance it has already decided to postpone the Mayor’s Spring Reception on 25 March […]

Speak Up 2020 – Healthwatch Annual Survey

Speak Up 2020 Have your say on local NHS, health and social care services in the Healthwatch Northumberland Annual Survey 2020.  It might be a new year but your experiences from 2019 still matter. Health services include hospital services, GPs, dentists, pharmacists, mental health and ambulance services. Social care is care in the home or […]

Hexham Post Office relocation update

Following a period of local public consultation the Post Office have confirmed their move into High Street Convenience Store, 12 Battle Hill, Hexham, NE46 1BB later this month. The current branch within Hexham Outlet Centre, 48 Fore Street will close at 17:30 on Tuesday 18th February 2020, with the new branch opening at 13:00 on […]

Nominations open for Mayor’s Inaugural Environmental Award

Mayor of Hexham invites nominations for inaugural Environmental Award. As part of the Council’s sustainability action plan, agreed last year, the Mayor of Hexham, Bob Hull, announced he would create an environmental award for the town. He therefore invites nominations of individuals or organisations based in Hexham for the inaugural award. This will be given […]

Planning Approval for new buildings for Hexham Schools

On 7 January the County Council’s Strategic Planning Committee unanimously approved the planning application for new buildings for the High School and Middle School on the QEHS site. Bob Hull, Chair of Hexham Town Council, speaking on behalf of the Council, spoke to the Committee strongly supporting the proposals which he said would mark an […]

Christmas Lights Switch-On – Friday 29th November

  Hexham’s Christmas lights switch-on event will have something for everyone – with some new lights this year, live music, a balloon entertainer, hot chocolate, candlelit service and Festival of Flame in the Abbey. Everything starts at 4.15pm in the Abbey Park with the Hexham Middle School Orchestra playing Christmas carols at the Bandstand. At […]