Natalie Finnigan

Reporter

Multimedia reporter at the Hexham Courant, covering a variety of news across Hexham, Prudhoe, Ponteland, Haydon Bridge, Haltwhistle, Kielder, Otterburn, Allendale and across the Tyne Valley in Northumberland.

Multimedia reporter at the Hexham Courant, covering a variety of news across Hexham, Prudhoe, Ponteland, Haydon Bridge, Haltwhistle, Kielder, Otterburn, Allendale and across the Tyne Valley in Northumberland.

Latest articles from Natalie Finnigan

Northumberland HQ at Vallum Farm was rated in March

Two Tynedale restaurants celebrate new hygiene ratings
Two Tynedale restaurants have celebrated their new food hygiene ratings, according to the Food Standards Agency's website.

Carlisle Castle

TALKING POINT Carlisle defended by residents who praise it for 'great people' and history
We shared the news that The Telegraph newspaper recently listed all UK cities in order from best to worst 'according to science', with Carlisle placing last.

Carrie Calvert shared this picture of a barn owl hunting at dusk

CAMERA CLUB Our favourite camera club shots in the Cumbrian countryside
Here are our top News & Star camera club images which were shared by our members.

Lois Scholey and Belinda Montgomery watching the horse going down to the starting point

Point-to-point event a success, say organisers
Tynedale Point to Point was held at Downhills Corbridge over the weekend.

The Hexham Book Festival will return to town this week

Town's annual book festival begins this week
The annual book festival will take over Hexham for 10 days starting this week.

Brenda Blethyn as Vera Stanhope in Hexham

Vera star announces her departure from show
The main actor of the popular ITV series Vera announced she will leave the show this year.

Wentworth Cafe in Hexham will close for refurbishment

Cafe closes for 'essential' refurbishment
A cafe will close for essential refurbishment works.

Tracy Hadwin's picture of a barn owl

CAMERA CLUB Best camera club pictures from members
We picked some of our favourite camera club pictures from readers.

Samantha Davis featured alongside husband Warwick in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

TALKING POINT Readers share condolences to actor Samantha Davis
We shared the news that Samantha Davis, the wife of Star Wars and Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis, has died aged 53.

Hexham 1st beaver Sean Irving and cub scout Kieran Irving take a break from sorting donations for Kosovon refugees in 1999

LOOKING BACK What made our headlines up to 150 years ago?
We looked through our archives to find out what made headline news up to 150 years ago.