Northumberland

An ice cream van with blue sky above. Picture:StockCube/Adobe

Mr Whippy on a beach in Northumberland: my summer has started - Gaby Soutar

Georgian manor house, owned by founder of the world’s first department store, listed for nearly £5 million

Emerson Bainbridge’s Georgian manor house listed for nearly £5m

Children run through the sand dunes as the sun sets behind Bamburgh Castle

Survey reveals best seaside destinations - is your area on the list?

The Hunt for Raoul Moat: Paul Gascoigne absence explained

A worker walks across the Union Chain Bridge which is set to officially reopen next week. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

Historic bridge linking Scotland and England to reopen after £10.5m renovation

Alex Meredith, Berwick Bank Project Director

We can secure Scotland’s energy future and its seabird population - Alex Meredit...

The exterior of Maften Hall

Ad Feature Spring Travel: Northumberland grandeur

Culross, Fife

In full: Spring Travel 2023

Seven of the 10 largests forests in the United Kingdom are in Scotland.

The 7 largest forests in Scotland

Passengers have faced months of disruption

Rail strikes suspended: RMT calls off UK-wide action after new offer

Transport yourself to Matfen Hall, a place of unforgettable luxury and ultimate relaxation

Ad Feature Matfen Hall: unforgettable luxury and ultimate relaxation

The world’s biggest children’s play park Lilidorei is due to open in the UK in 2023

See inside world’s biggest play park opening in UK

7,000 jobs will be on offer

Haven Holidays announces more than 7,000 jobs available across UK

Family left devastated after girl, 15, stabbed to death

New pictures of Lilidorei in Northumberland have been released

See new pics of the world’s biggest play park set to open in UK

Bumblebees have struggled, linked to weather extremes in 2022

Litany of weather extremes challenged wildlife in 2022, National Trust says

Winter Solstice: Best destinations for stargazing including one in UK

Ed Byrne attends Absolute Radio Live at the Palladium Theatre on November 27, 2022

Woman thanks comedian for joke which led to bowel cancer diagnosis

Free-range chickens live happier, healthier lives (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Avian flu could have a lasting effect on free-range farming – Stephen Jardine

Llandudno in Wales was ranked at number 20, but who is in the top ten?

UK's 10 happiest places to live - including three in Scotland

Rightmove has announced the happiest places to live in the UK according to its annual Happy at Home survey

Rightmove’s top 20 happiest places to live in UK 2022 announced

Galashiels is the happiest place in Scotland

Galashiels is UK's second happiest place - survey

Snow is predicted to arrive in the UK this week according to Netweather

UK weather: Snow and flooding predicted despite mild temperatures

Fordyce Maxwell twice held the post of Agricultural Editor at The Scotsman

Obituary: Fordyce Maxwell, respected journalist, broadcaster and farmer

Review: Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland, Northumbria - Scotland on Sunday

CGI image of Lilidorei at The Alnwick Garden which is billed to be the world’s biggest children’s play park

See new pics of the world’s biggest play park set to open in UK

The Lord Crewe Arms in the heart of the historic village of Blanchland, Northumbria. Pic: Contributed

Review: Lord Crewe Arms, Blanchland - Scotland on Sunday Travel

Illuminated sheep art work at Bamburgh with artist Deepa Mann-Kler
(photo: Raoul Dixon)

Illuminated sheep arts trail to light up Northumberland this autumn

Roddy Dunlop is Dean of the Faculty of Advocates

Leading lawyer says he would 'consider' moving to England over income tax gap

Father Christmas at Bamburgh Castle (photo: Phil Punton)

Leap into Bamburgh Castle this Christmas

Roseate terns are already critically endangered and now face a new threat from bird flu

Bird flu: The entire country is counting the cost of deadly virus

The Hogs Head Inn at Alnwick has undergone a revamp for its ten-year anniversary (photo: Tracey Bloxham)

Community Inspired revamp of The Inn Collection Group hostelry

The beauty of the campervan is you can explore the local area and follow the weather. Northumberland has castles, like Warkworth, and beaches just waiting to be visited. Pic: Contributed.

Go off-grid with a campervan in Northumberland - Scotland on Sunday Travel

Canal boats set off from the Melbourne Arms on Pocklington Canal to navigate a new two-mile stretch of the canal

Top 40 UK staycations to enjoy before you're 40

Flog Its Paul Martin will visit Bamburgh Castle (photo: Red Forge Studios)

Flog It star Paul Martin to make antiques road trip to Bamburgh Castle

Berry Henson during day two of the Farmfoods Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A at Newmachar Golf Club in Aberdeenshire. Picture: Mark Runnacles/Getty Images.

Berry Henson eyes 'big ticket' with $25m Liv Golf spot up for grabs

People enjoying the sunshine at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland.
Pic: Owen Humphreys

Only four Scottish towns named in list of top seaside resorts

Scotland has had a frosty start to the month. (Photo credit: Lorna Donaldson)

More wintry weather on the way for first weekend of April

Engineers from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks repair power lines on January 31, 2022 in Edzell, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Power due to be restored to 'vast majority' of Scottish homes affected by storms

A portrait of Robert Burns is projected onto the front of Prestonfield House in Edinburgh (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Burns Night is like a life-raft for bars and restaurants – Stephen Jardine

A Met Office snow warning has been expanded to cover more parts of Scotland as blizzard-like conditions predicted for Boxing Day (Photo: Ray Cox).

Snow forecasted for more parts of Scotland on Boxing Day

An illustration issued by Cambridge University of an Arthropleura. A fluke fossil find has revealed giant millipedes as big as cars roamed Northern England. Picture: University of Cambridge/PA Wire

Giant millipedes as big as cars once roamed the UK, fossil find reveals

Pretty places like Alnmouth have many second homes and Airbnbs for rent, making it hard for locals to afford a house (Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA)

Death of Thatcher's home-ownership dream may bring down Tories – Joyce McMillan

Motorists drive through a heavy snow shower as it passes over Saltburn By The Sea as Storm Arwen sweeps across parts of the country on November 26, 2021 (Photo: Getty)

Met Office keeps amber and yellow warnings in place after Storm Arwen batters th...

Professor Tim Spector has said the current vaccine and testing measures are ‘insufficient’ (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid could ‘ruin next five Christmases’ as expert warns jabs are not enough

Brockloch Tower, Carsphairn

Prestige property: The traditional façade of Brockloch Tower opens up to reveal ...

A fisherman watches a meteor during the Draconid meteor shower over Howick rocks in Northumberland.

Images show dazzling meteor shooting through sky

Picture: Neil Hanna

Area focus: Coldstream

Eighty-year-old Jane Dotchin on her annual adventure. Photo: Katielee Arrowsmith/SWNS

Partially-sighted pensioner, 81, on epic 600 mile horseback trek – without a map

Amazon Prime show Clarkson's Farm has been recommissioned for a second series (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Amazon Prime Video)

Why ignorance of Scotland's indyref bickering can be bliss – John McLellan

James Denne is currently marketing Faldonside House, near Melrose

Property insider view: James Denne, partner at Knight Frank and the estate agent...

A devoted gardener who cared for his employer in their final years has inherited a magnificent 14th century castle just miles from the Scottish border, after the owner died without heirs.

Gardener inherits magnificent 14th century castle miles from Scottish border

Harrison Ford has been forced to take a hiatus from filming on the set of Indiana Jones 5.

Harrison Ford injured while filming ‘Indiana Jones 5’

The set is put on fire as part of filming for the new Indiana Jones 5 movie starring Harrison Ford overnight.

Indiana Jones lights up historic castle

If you’re a keen runner or even just an easy-going ambler, a holiday destination with brilliant running routes and stunning scenery is a must.

5 great UK destinations for runners on holiday

Dr Jayne Glass of the Rural Policy Centre at SRUC

Rural hardship has grown under life in lockdown

The Scotsman Top Stories

Kinloch Castle, the Grade A Listed Building on the Isle of Rum, which the Scottish Government has been unable to sell and lies in a state of slow decay. PIC: NatureScot.

Castle at the heart of island's future as millionaire speaks out on failed sale

Capital Theatres has released a flythrough digital animation giving an artist’s impression of the redevelopment of the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh

Succession star Brian Cox voices video flythrough of King's Theatre revamp

Charities say more affordable homes need to be built to help manage Scotland's housing crisis.

Over 300,000 people on social housing waiting lists in Scotland