Some very traditional music will be played at a Northumbrian event next week.

The 'Living the Tradition' concert will feature traditional music both from this county and also elsewhere in Britain.

Many of the pieces will be performed using Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle and voice.

It takes place at Bamburgh Church next Thursday, September 10, at 7.30pm.

A pilgrimage to Holy Island and Bamburgh will take place this summer.

The trip will be led by Anglican priest Rev Rob Marshall and takes place on July 16. For more details, telephone 01482 662721.

A retired Baptist church minister decided to end his own life after being told his cancer was terminal.

Arthur Cross, 85, of Alnwick, used prescribed drugs to take a massive overdose and left notes for his family indicating his intentions.

Coroner Tony Brown said: "Mr Cross had devoted much of his life to the church and he was a very caring family man who left notes to his family stating his intention to take his own life in despair that he had reached the terminal stage of his cancer.''

The father-of-five's last church was in Seahouses, where he retired in 1988.

Today marks a special day on the North East calendar as we celebrate the life of the patron saint of Northumberland, St Cuthbert.

Often regarded as the most popular saint of medieval times and one of the most important, March 20 sees people celebrate the anniversary of the death of the region's own patron saint.

Pilgrims make their way across the causeway to Holy Island on Good Friday, 2006

Born in 634 AD, Cuthbert was born in the Lammermuir Region where he grew to work as a young shepherd.