Breaking news! The election count will defintely be in Hexham ...the location of the election count has swung this way and that but have had it confirmed yesterday that our efforts to persuade the Councils returning officers to have the count in Hexham have been successful - and I am very grateful to Paddy Gascoigne and his team in Morpeth.
There was a period of time [most recently told to me personally by Paddy on the 16th March] when he said he had no choice but to hold it in Cramlington - this was not going down well in Hexham, who hate the loss of Tynedale and the loss of local personality with the unification of Northumberland.
Expect a report in tomorrow Courant
