Police are hunting a group of teens suspected of vandalising parked cars in a Northumberland Village.

The Ford Fiesta and a Volvo S80 , parked on East Terrace, in Stakeford, Northumberland, had their wing mirrors damaged and were dented, at around 10.30pm, on Tuesday.

And police received a report that a group of youths on bikes were seen vandalising cars in the street, at around the same time.

Mourners brought the streets of Choppington to a standstill as the funeral of transplant teenager Leanne Nicholson took place.

Her parents Rob and Helen and younger brothers Scott and Ryan embraced as her white coffin draped in yellow lilies was carried into the church near her home.

The Rev Terry Moat led the emotional service at St Paul's Church, in Choppington, Northumberland, yesterday.

A would-be North East MP says he will campaign strongly for an end to the 'first past the post' electoral system if he is successful at the next general election.

Simon Reed, the Liberal Democrats' prospective parliamentary candidate for Wansbeck in Northumberland, says the current system for electing MPs means the votes of a huge number of people across the country can't make any difference to the outcome of elections.

Residents, businesses and organisations across Northumberland are being asked to have their say on a major review which will shape future car parking policy in the county.

County council bosses are undertaking the review in a bid to devise suitable management arrangements for all of the car parks that it owns or manages.

The exercise will also help county councillors decide whether to leave car parking free in Blyth Valley and Wansbeck, or introduce charges similar to those currently facing motorists in towns such as Berwick, Alnwick, Hexham and Morpeth.

Preparing to say a final goodbye, the parents of double heart-swap teenager Leanne Nicholson have appealed for more heart donors to come forward.

Rob and Helen Nicholson made the call as final arrangements are made for their daughter's funeral, which will see her coffin arrive in a horse-drawn carriage.

Leanne, 19, died last week after a seven-year health struggle, during which she needed two emergency heart transplants.

A football club has overturned an eviction notice on their home ground after a neighbouring farmer complained stray balls were ruining his crops.

Club chiefs at Guide Post Social Club FC, one of Northumberland's oldest Sunday League football clubs, claimed they were given just six weeks' notice to leave their pitch just off Morpeth Road.

Andy Thompson, 17, Guide Post Social Club FC's youngest player

Northumberland County Council say complaints had originally been lodged over people trespassing on the neighbouring plot of land to fetch footballs.

It was meant to be a day of celebration, but it was clouded by grief.

Leanne Nicholson, who lost her life after surviving two heart transplants, missed out on enjoying her cousin's wedding by just one day.

Medics frantically tried to revive the 19-year-old for 45 minutes, after she was rushed to Wansbeck General Hospital, in Ashington, on Thursday, suffering a cardiac arrest.

A teenager who underwent two heart transplants has lost her fight for life. Leanne Nicholson, 19, died after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Medics at Wansbeck General Hospital, in Ashington, battled to revive her for 45 minutes, but could not save her.

Leanne, from Choppington, had felt well since a second life-saving heart transplant at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital in April 2008, but she collapsed last week.

A new chemist is to benefit villagers.

The Alliance Pharmacy, at The Square, in Guidepost, Choppington, will be renamed as 'your local Boots pharmacy' today. The store is one of more than 700 changing its name.

Manager Debbie Hepple said: "Guidepost will see the very best of community pharmacy in its new 'your local Boots pharmacy' store."

The store has been refitted and will offer the same healthcare and prescription service.

Pupils and staff at a Northumberland school are celebrating after scooping three national awards in recent weeks.

Guide Post Middle has been awarded an Anti-bullying Accreditation and a Healthy Schools national certificate, as well as achieving Specialist School status.

Working with Bedlingtonshire Community High School and the town's Meadowdale Middle, Guide Post is a member of the first partnership in Northumberland to achieve Specialist School status in mathematics and computing.