Chris Clayton took an image of the entrance to Hexham s Sele ahead of Remembrance Sunday. SCHOOL children are set to light up footpaths on Hexham’s Sele with festive lanterns to create an emotive and colourful end to 2020. Pupils from the town’s Sele First School, Hexham First School, and St. Mary’s RC First School, have been making paper bag lanterns for the project. They received resources from Gary Wilson, of online company ThinkSmall, and is the chairman of Hexham Business Group. The initiative will also celebrate the launch of a new My Hexham Card scheme, an annual membership service which provides access to exclusive offers and free gifts, as well as making donations to local charities.
TYNEDALE S three major towns have all revealed their Christmas Lights display - but which one is best? Christmas this year isn t what we expected, but that hasn t stopped towns and villages across the Tyne Valley from pulling out all the stops. To find out, we asked Hexham Courant readers which display was their favourite. Here s what they said. Most people seemed to favour Haltwhistle s display. Shelly Newton said: Haltwhistle is amazing and the shop displays are brilliant. Tracy Irwin added: Definitely Haltwhistle. Fantastic display again this year. They seem to get better each year. Well done all involved. Angie Little-Bell agreed. She said: Haltwhistle every time. They re great. Beautiful as always.