A Tyne Valley councillor has called for an open discussion on whether the county s schools should return on Monday. Coun. Anne Dale, who represents Stocksfield and Broomhaugh, was concerned at the high levels of COVID-19 in the Tyne Valley area. In an email sent to council leader Coun. Glen Sanderson and CEO Daljit Lally, Coun. Dale wrote: The statistics for Northumberland show a continued increase in the number of cases especially in the Tynedale area. My ward of Stocksfield, Riding Mill and Mickley all have first schools however the pupils feed into Corbridge Middle, Ovingham Middle and Highfield Middle and then on to Prudhoe and Hexham High Schools.