We are running two presentations at 11.30am and 1.30pm, followed by the opportunity to discuss, with our experienced staff, the job vacancies and career prospects in further detail.

For further information on our Recruitment Fair and our other opportunities available or for an application pack call the HR & Training Team on 0845 140 00 88.

Local community forums are about to start a six-month programme of public engagement, including public meetings, to help draw up community plans, which will influence future decisions and changes.

Meetings will take place in the Choppington, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Ellington, Linton and Lynemouth areas.

For further information, contact Lynda Fakir, Locality Development Officer for South East Northumberland on 0845 600 6400, email Lynda.Fakir@northumberland.gov.uk or visit northumberland.gov.uk.

British Triathlon is launching the Tri A Triathlon campaign across Northumberland next month with the aim of encouraging more people to take up the sport, which consists of cycling, swimming and running.

Taster sessions will be staged at Ashington Leisure Centre on February 27 and March 20, Druridge Bay Country Park on April 17 and the Queen Elizabeth II Country Park, Woodhorn, on May 15 (all starting at midday).

Lions Club officials in Ashington are hoping for another bumper turn-out for their annual festive dip in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, at 11am on Saturday December 26.

Over the years the fancy dress event has raised many thousands of pounds for local good causes and community projects.

The event takes place at the Hirst Welfare Centre on Saturday, December 5 from noon to 4pm and aims to help people replace children's bikes which their young ones have grown out of, with ones that fit.

It has been organised by Active in Ashington - led by sustainable transport charity Sustrans, which aims to boost the community's health by encouraging people to walk and cycle more during their everyday journeys.

Families are invited to donate their old bikes to replace them with a size that fits their youngsters in time for Christmas.

Following the event, there will be a number of left over small bikes that residents can apply to use on a long-term loan. Active in Ashington will hold an event for bike loan applications on Saturday, December 20.

Advisers will be visiting the Northumberland Business Service (NBS) premises in Ashington and the town's Children's Centre from later this month.

A Pathways adviser will be at the NBS building on the Wansbeck Business Park every Tuesday from December 1 between 10am and 4pm.

More than 200 men and women from the 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers will march through the centres of Ashington and Morpeth on Tuesday, December 8 to celebrate their return from a six-month operation in Helmand Province.

The homecoming parades have been organised by Northumberland County Council to give local people the chance to show their appreciation and support for the battalion, which recruits heavily in the North East.

The bronze statue of a miner and accompanying pit wheel will be unveiled at the former Ellington Colliery in Northumberland in a special ceremony and open day on Saturday November 7.

Pupils from Ashington High School Youth Project have spent the last six months preparing to stage a version of Phileas P. Souper - the story of five musicians and two mime artists who travel the world.

Far from just spending time learning their lines and rehearsing the youngsters have learned how to promote their show and gained the business skills needed to make the event a success.

The first ever NSPCC North's Aerobathon takes place on Monday 9th November 2009 from 6pm-8pm.

The two-hour sponsored aerobic workouts will be led by qualified instructors across 70 leisure centres in the North East and Yorkshire.

Ashington Leisure Centre, Blyth Sports Centre, Concordia Leisure Centre and Newbiggin Sports and Community Centre are all taking part in this great fundraising event.

The Aerobathon event aims to raise over £90,000 for the Child's Voice Appeal - a helpline for adults concerned about a child.

An open day will be held at the Northumberland College in Ashington next week to give jobseekers more information about the Personal Best pre-employment scheme.

The event runs from 10am to 3pm on Wednesday, October 28 and is aimed at unemployed people 19 and over.

While parents can enjoy the popular Northumberland At War exhibition running at Woodhorn Museum and Archives Centre, near Ashington, there is plenty to keep the children amused.

Artist Paul Merrick will be working with youngsters to create a large, spooky silhouette for Hallowe'en on Saturday and Sunday October 24 and 25 from 10am to 4pm.

Singers, musicians and pipers are lined up to perform at the Woodhorn Museum and Archives centre near Ashington at 2pm on each Friday in October.

Things kick-off is on October 2, when the museum café will be the venue for local folk vocal group Beeswing.

Northumbrian piper Beverly Palin will play on October 9 and the following Friday will see folk singer Ann Wilkinson take centre stage.

Piper's Fancy will be playing on October 23 with folk group Few Broth rounding things of on Friday 30.

People gathered at the former site of Ashington FC to bury a time capsule with memorabilia from the club gathered over the years from its origins 100 years ago and through its glory days.

Many fans brought along their treasured possessions to place in the capsule to keep the memories of the happy times at Portland Park alive.

Items included a programme signed by Jack Charlton and another from the last ever game played at Portland Park, one from the new ground, an old strip and an aerial photograph from 1974 showing how much the area has changed.

Pictured above: Students from Blyth School Community College modelling their creations. Pictured below: Designs from the original project mentored by Wayne Hemmingway

Students from The Blyth School Community College incorporated elements of the town's landscapes into their designs which will appear in an exhibition at Woodhorn Museum and Archives Centre near Ashington.