MAY Paying tribute: The Hexham Courant listed the names of hundreds of key workers from across the district who had worked hard to keep the county going during the first months of the coronavirus crisis. Harrowing ordeal: Covid-19 survivor Janice Keen was reunited with nurse Theresa Smith, who had helped to save her life. Janice said Theresa gave her a reason to keep fighting. Spot swamped: Outraged residents in Bellingham urged people not to visit popular North Tyne beauty spot Hareshaw Linn after visitors arrived in their droves following the easing of lockdown restrictions. JUNE Fires blaze: The Tyne Valley was hit by two fires in the space of a weekend – first a house in Allendale was destroyed, then the Haydon Fell Plantation was devastated by a second fire.