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Construction of the east and west bridge walls has continued despite challenging weather conditions. Photo: Highways England A MAJOR £30m upgrade of the A69 at Hexham is approaching a key milestone - with the construction of new bridge walls set to be completed by the end of February. Engineers are currently building the structures as part of a major redesign of the Bridge End Roundabout, which will see the dual carriageway run underneath the roundabout, with slip roads at either side. On Friday, Highways England announced that construction of the east and west bridge walls would be finished by the end of the month, while the bridge decks, which vehicles will drive over, would be jacked into their final position on the supporting walls in March and April, marking a milestone in the scheme.
No deaths recorded at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals for a second successive day LATEST figures show no new Covid-related deaths have been recorded at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals for a second consecutive day. Data from NHS England showed the death toll at the trust s hospitals since the beginning of the pandemic stood at 563 on Tuesday - a figure which had remained the same since Sunday. However, figures from Public Health England showed an increase in the number of active coronavirus cases in Northumberland had increased by 58 over the latest 24-hour period. The total number of cases stood at 15,021 on Tuesday. Northumberland County Council publishes the number of positive cases recorded in each council ward. The figures, which are updated daily, show the number of positive cases recorded over the latest seven-day period.
Working mums Suzanne Fairless-Aitken and Ginnie O’Farrell met five years ago in the schoolyard. Realising they shared similar visions for the community after discussing the need for positive change in Hexham and being frustrated by the running of Hexham Town Council, they signed up to join the Liberal Democrat party two years ago. Suzanne, a governor at St Joseph s RC Middle School and an activist for green and educational issues, is standing in Hexham East. She said: “I was fed up just telling my kids that they could change things for the better and make their views heard. “For years I’ve been involved in local campaigns including saving our middle schools with the STARS group, helping the food bank and kids’ clothes banks, and green issues, but I had never taken it to the next level, until the Lib Dems asked if I wanted to stand.