HISTORICAL FACTS: Hexham | History Defined

Drone footage captures first tyres rolling onto Raymond Terrace M1 extension

Lanes are progressively opening on one of the Hunter's most anticipated, and desperately needed, road projects.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 9

Twin girls are born with birthmarks exactly where their late sisters had scars. Then they ask for toys from a past they shouldn’t know

The birthmarks appeared in the exact same spots as their dead sisters' scars.

We Got This Covered · Oct 30, 2025

The Rev Janet Jackson obituary

Other lives: Social worker and priest who set up a bereavement service in Hexham

The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2025

Sentencing to start for jealous teenager who murdered 15-year-old ex-girlfriend

Logan MacPhail, 17, was convicted of murdering Holly Newton in Hexham following a trial and will be sentenced over two days.

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2024

Boy who stabbed ex-girlfriend to death in Hexham named as Logan MacPhail

Teenager, now 17, was convicted after inflicting 36 injuries with kitchen knife on Holly Newton, then 15, in alleyway

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2024

Jason Manford reveals he accidentally took sleeping pill before Hexham comedy gig

The comedian described it as one of the most ‘laid back’ gigs he had ever performed

Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2024

Teens charged after alleged pursuit from Islington to Hexham

They allegedly ran over the car owner's foot.

Newcastle Herald · Sep 4, 2024

Boy found guilty of murdering 15-year-old Holly Newton in Northumberland

Schoolgirl had told friend that teenager was ‘basically stalking me’ before he followed her and stabbed her to death

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024

Hexham straight bridge work reaches new stage

The first girders have been lifted into place.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 23, 2024

M1 Motorway extension, Hexham Straight works 'on track'

'Every time you drive past you seem to see more.'

Newcastle Herald · Jul 31, 2024