Northumberland

Ford has revealed the second generation of Ranger Raptor pick-up with a bigger, more powerful engine and enhanced off-road ability.

The new version of the firm’s performance truck features a twin-turbo 3.0-litre V6 petrol engine in place of the fir…

Pictured: Council worker, 59, killed by falling tree in Ireland while clearing debris from road during Storm Eunice as death toll hits four including woman in her 30s in London’s Muswell Hill and man whose truck was crushed in HampshireBrave passers-by…

B&B Attachments are primarily designed for forklift trucks, to increase the versatility of this ubiquitous factory runabout.
One of its products is a mesh grab (pictured above), for handling sheets of reinforcing steel mesh. It lowers the danger…

A truck driver has admitted causing the death of a well respected nurse after smashing into the back of her stationary car while getting a can of cola out of his bag.
Tanya Forrest, 51, was driving her Ford Ka along the A189 Spine Road near Cramlington…

The most publicity the Northumberland town of Blyth has received in recent years is through a Royal Navy TV recruitment campaign – and it hasn’t been entirely positive. ‘I was born in Blyth, but I was made in the Royal Navy,’ a young man declares in th…

Police have named the man who died following a fatal collision involving a car and a truck in Northumberland.
At about 9.30pm on Wednesday, police responded to reports of a collision between a blue Mazda 6 and a yellow recovery truck at the crossroads …

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