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.

On Friday October 30, between 3pm and 5pm, there will be a host of ghostly activities taking place at Choppington Community Woods supported by Northumberland County Council and the Friends of Choppington Community Woods.

Bat box making, tree sprit making, Hallowe'en games and following a spooky trail through the woods will all be on offer around the reserve entrance near the Choppington Welfare Centre.

On Saturday October 31, between 3pm and 5pm the wildlife charity will be joining forces with the Friends of East Cramlington Local Nature Reserve for a second evening of bewitching fun.

Northumberland Wildlife Trust is holding the self-led event between 11am and 1pm. Participants will be given a compass and map bearing checkpoints around the woods.

There is no need to book, just turn up at the Choppington Welfare Centre.

On September 24, Northumberland Wildlife Trust's expert on all things furry - Kevin O'Hara - will be the guide for a "mammal walk".

Walkers will be offered the opportunity to look for otters, red squirrel, fox and deer - and their tracks.

It brings together experts on energy efficiency and insulation, benefits and pensions advisers, credit unions and representatives of the NHS.

Visitors to the event will also get the chance to win tickets for Newcastle United's home match against Queen's Park Rangers on September 30.

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.

The meeting point for the 10am start is the entrance to the reserve next to the Choppington Welfare Centre.

Members of the public can go along for the full three hours or can just drop in for half an hour.

Heather O'Neill, from Northumberland Wildlife Trust, said: "The litter pick is a great way for people in a community to get to know each other a bit better.

"Very often people come along to an event such as this and feel such satisfaction at the end of it that they volunteer for future activities."

KEAP Creative, based in Woodhorn Church Studios near Ashington, has organised a competition for Sunday March 22, with prizes on offer to the best entries.

Entrants must register at Woodhorn Church from 9.30am on the day, with judging at 4pm.

Northumberland Safeguarding Children Board's Hidden Harm Network has organised the help and advice events for people who work with children, young people and their families across the county where there are concerns of problematic parental substance use.

The all-purpose authority, which will take over from the existing county council and six districts in April, has to find budget savings of about £25.5m in 2009/10 to balance the books.

The Liberal Democrat-led council is planning about 800 job losses and a council tax increase of 4.8% this year, but says it needs to make extremely tough decisions on where the spending axe will fall.

Northumberland's new mobile planetarium has already travelled the length of the county bringing the night skies to life for children, and has been booked up until May with visits to many more schools planned.

The planetarium has been to middle schools in Corbridge and Berwick as well as St Wilfrids Middle School in Blyth.

Wansbeck Enterprise Education Network is putting on the market on Bedlington Front Street on November 21 and Ashington High Street on November 22.

The event this year celebrates Enterprise Week, with students making goods and baking items for stalls including American muffins, Indian jewellery, African crafts and a variety of goods representing cultures from all over the world.

Northumberland Lights - and the award-winning team behind it - are back with more bright ideas for outdoor illuminations.

From November 2 to 30, the winter festival will bathe some of the most beautiful and remote spots from Blyth to the Borders in an array of colour, in celebration of the county's contrasting architectural and natural environment.