All eyes were on Alnmouth as they took on the only challengers to their SG Wealth Management Northumberland League title on Saturday.

And visitors Blue Flames set up an enthralling end to the season when they rocked the champions on their own patch. Saleem Akhtar proved simply unplayable, sending down 11 overs and claiming 6-23, with Alnmouth routed for a paltry 63.

The target presented few problems to the Flames as they raged to an eight-wicket win in the 17th over.

More than 4,000 people have signed a petition against any moves to introduce car parking charges in south east Northumberland, it is claimed.

Blyth Valley MP Ronnie Campbell organised the petition amid fears that a review of car parking currently being carried out by the county council could result in the end of free parking in towns like Blyth, Ashington, Bedlington and Cramlington.

At present drivers have to pay to park in towns such as Berwick, Seahouses, Alnwick, Morpeth and Hexham - while it remains free in the former Blyth Valley and Wansbeck areas.

After a packed summer of family events around Northumberland, the final weekend of the summer holidays is beckoning, with another busy programme across the county.

The event likely to attract the biggest crowd is the Glendale Show (pictured), now in its 117th year, featuring a host of rural attractions and stalls. Spectacular carriage driving and falconry displays and a Ready Steady Cook style cooking competition are some of the highlights of the event on Bank Holiday Monday.

In the bottom corner of the county on the same day, Blanchland & Hunstanworth Show (see link below) will be taking place, and two days before on Saturday Bellingham will also be welcoming visitors to its Show to take part and watch various traditional competitions.

A new look for Northumberland online is being fronted by TV presenter Wendy Gibson.

The BBC personality features in a video on Northumberland Tourism's relaunched website, offering potential visitors to the region a virtual tour of some of its highlights.

Among the sites explored from spectacular aerial views are Hadrian's Wall, Bamburgh Castle, Berwick, and Lindisfarne.

A major review of local government boundaries in Northumberland is entering its second phase.

The Boundary Committee for England has started a second round of public consultation on future arrangements for the county's new unitary council.

The main purpose of the review is to ensure "electoral equality" following the restructuring of local government last year.

Blue Flames keep burning, but with Alnmouth maintaining an even hotter pace their SG Wealth Management Northumberland League title hopes are quickly running out of oxygen.

Flames gave one of their best performances when they inflicted the first home defeat of the season on border boys Berwick. Stuart Laundy smacked 73 runs for the home team, and when he was together with Martyn Elliott (38) in a burgeoning second wicket stand, it looked like a big score was in prospect.

Grey squirrels will be extinct in Northumberland by the end of next year, campaigners say.

A week of action by the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership invited people all over the county to report their sightings of greys.

The RSPP has trapped and shot more than 23,000 grey squirrels in the last two-and-a-half years, as part of a drive to protect native red squirrels.

The controversial cull has divided opinion, but those behind it say if it had not taken place the native red squirrel would already have died out.

A decision on whether a new specialist emergency care hospital in Northumberland will get the go ahead will be made today. Health correspondent Helen Rae takes a look at the proposals.

Contentious plans to develop hospital services in the North East have caused much discussion in recent months. Today it is time for a decision.

Over the past three months there has been a far-reaching public consultation on proposals to build a new specialist emergency care hospital for those living in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

With Alnmouth edging ever closer to retention of the SG Wealth Management Northumberland League title, attention was focused on the opposite end of the table.

And Blagdon Park pulled off a 53-run home win over Berwick to move clear of the danger zone for the time being. Park's success was a real team effort with Russell Hughes (38) and Greg Senior (33) leading a posse of run scorers, who eased them up to a total of 192 for 8 in 40 overs.

Steve Oxley (4 for 49) then struck four early blows from which Berwick never really recovered - even though Sean Wales, with an undefeated half-century, tried to pull his team round.

Health bosses in Northumberland have thanked people in the county for giving their views on new proposals to develop hospital services.

Over the past three months, there has been a far-reaching public consultation on proposals to build a new specialist emergency care hospital for people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

In the £200m proposals, health chiefs want to transfer all serious emergency care cases from North Tyneside and Wansbeck general hospitals to a new centre near Moor Farm roundabout at Annitsford, near Cramlington.