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.

People in north Northumberland are to be asked their views about what they would like to see in a new hospital for Berwick.

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is working with staff at Berwick Infirmary and governors elected to represent local residents, to find out what people want from a new hospital.

The Trust has plans to replace the existing Berwick Infirmary with a new, purpose-built facility and is proposing to take a mobile roadshow to a number of communities later this year.

Wild animals such as the beaver and the lynx could be reintroduced to the North East under Government plans to be announced today.

Environment Secretary Hilary Benn will call for a "re-wilding" of Britain at the Labour Party conference in Brighton.

The lynx (a young cub is pictured) and the beaver could be two species to benefit from the plan

Under the scheme, which is still at the review stage, large parts of the UK would be allowed to run wild in an effort to boost conservation and combat biodiversity loss.

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.

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.

A humpback whale has been spotted off the coast of Northumberland by a group of divers.

The whale was seen by a party on board the Seahouses dive boat Glad Tidings VII beside Longstone Island, one of the Farne Islands, on Sunday.

Photo by Julie Forrest

Last night, a leading marine biologist in the region said such a sighting in the North Sea is unusual and could therefore be linked to a dead humpback which was found in the River Thames in London on Saturday.

A new survey is being carried out to establish the viability of reopening a railway station in north Northumberland.

Northumberland County Council have sent Belford residents a questionnaire to determine how many would use it. The village station closed 40 years ago but a loop from the East Coast line is used for trains on the Newcastle to Chathill service to turn twice a day.