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The Ambler Community Newspaper
The Ambler is the local community newspaper covering the town of Amble and the parish of Hauxley.
Issues of the newspaper are generally distributed bi-monthly to houses in Amble and Hauxley and are also availalble via the link to the website.
Northumberland County Council
The principal authority in Northumberland.
THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL
The County Council is responsible for:
Education
Social services
Strategic planning
Highways
Transportation
Libraries
Trading standards
Housing services
Environmental health
Leisure, culture and museum services
Recycling, refuse collection, street
cleaning
Parks, grass cutting, public toilets
Tourism, regeneration and business
development
Local planning and building control
Council tax and business rate collections
Housing and council tax benefits
Licensing
Elections and electoral registration
Declaration of Interests
All Members of the Council are required by law to complete a declaration of interest form to register their financial interests.
These include:
- details of any employment or business carried out by them;
- the name of their employer;
- details of any Directorships;
- contracts between themselves/their firm and the Council;
- interests in land in the area.