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Wooler’s new library, which is blazing a trail in council and community partnership, will be officially on Thursday, May 17, at its new home – The Cheviot Centre, Padgepool Place.

People in north Northumberland are being encouraged to give their views about health services in the Berwick area at mobile roadshows from Saturday.

The County Council will be submitting an application to the Planning Inspectorate for a Development Consent Order (DCO) to allow the Morpeth Northern Bypass to progress

The brass band tradition in Bedlington has been given a breath of fresh air thanks to Youth Music funding secured by Northumberland County Council.

A sports project led by Northumberland County Council launches today (16 May) on UK Inspire Day as part of the London 2012 programme of activities.

Northumberland County Council is getting ready to launch a consultation with local communities on a new planning document.

Villagers in some of Northumberland’s more remote communities will have a unique opportunity to meet two authors when the mobile library makes its next fortnightly visit next week.

Northumberland County Council has responded to comments regarding the new traffic lights installed at the busy Telford Bridge junction in Morpeth. The Council has agreed to hold a further public meeting in July and use all available evidence to review whether the lights are effective.

Guardian sports’ columnist and author Harry Pearson and author Janette Jenkins will be talking about their novels at Morpeth Library this weekend. The books up for discussion are Slipless in Seattle (comic tales to delight sports fans) and Little Bones (set in late 19th Century London) respectively. The event will take place on Saturday 19th May 2012 from 1.00-2.30pm Tickets cost £3 and include refreshments. They are available from Morpeth Library Tel 01670 500390. Please book early to avoid disappointment.

Felton residents will have a unique opportunity meet two authors when the mobile library makes its next fortnightly visit to the village this weekend.

Residents and visitors to Berwick-upon Tweed will have a special opportunity to view plans for improvements to the town’s Castle Gate and Coronation Parks at an exhibition on Saturday 26th May.

Author Karen Charlton will be talking about her debut novel, Catching the Eagle, at Alnwick Library on Friday May 25.

The services that protect children and young people across Northumberland have been rated as ‘outstanding’ by the official government inspectors.

Work on redevelopment of a Blyth housing estate has begun, and an estate liaison officer appointed by Northumberland County Council to work on the project.

Representatives from Northumberland County Council will be attending a public meeting at Morpeth Town Hall this evening (Thursday 10th May)to discuss the implementation and impact of the traffic lights installed on Bridge Street in Morpeth.

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Robotic arm controlled by thought - Two patients who are paralysed from the neck down are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. [BBC Health]

Google 'Knowledge Graph' turns entire internet into one big Wikipedia - Google says this is a 'critical first step towards building the next generation of search, which taps into the collective intelligence of the web and understands the world a bit more like people do.' [Daily Mail IT]

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Mind-bending: Controlling your Windows PC with your brain is possible (and the hardware is already on the shelves) - Now we are getting ready to enter the world of thought-control, with headsets that can read our minds now available for as little as £300, and the software to turn our dreams into actions starting to take shape. [Daily Mail IT]

Waste company 'bullying clients' - A waste company stands accused of bullying small businesses by using unfair contracts to ramp up charges, the BBC has learned. [BBC Business]

Greece unity talks hit stalemate - The latest attempts to form a Greek government are said to be deadlocked, raising the prospect of fresh elections and more eurozone uncertainty. [BBC Business]

Google brings instant answers to search results - Type in 'Mona Lisa', and a biography appears right on the page (on the right hand side), type in 'Leonardo DiCaprio' and you get a list of his films, and suggested related searches. [Daily Mail IT]

Sixth of cancers due to infection - One in six cancers - two million a year globally - are caused by largely treatable or preventable infections, new estimates suggest. [BBC Health]

New car sales rise 3.3% in April - New car sales in the UK rose to 142,322 in April, up 3.3% from a year earlier, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders says. [BBC Business]

Local elections 2012: Bloody nose for David Cameron as Labour on course to gain 700 seats - The PM, who suffered embarrassing losses in his own Oxfordshire constituency, apologised to Tory councillors today as more than 700 were expected to lose their seats in the crushing defeat for the party. [Daily Mail Show Biz and TV]