Police are looking for a man who threatened a disabled Amble man and then attacked his wife with a hammer.

The man approached the couple in the Gloster Park area of the town while the woman was helping her disabled husband from their car. He demanded money, entered their house and then assaulted the 52-year-old woman.

She suffered facial injuries plus bruising to her arms and body. She was taken to Wansbeck Hospital, where her condition is described as stable. Her 68-year-old husband was knocked from his wheelchair but is uninjured.

Last week's poll on the Your Place Northumberland sites asked people to vote for their favourite natural beauty spot in the county. We celebrate the winner, the Farne Islands, with a gallery of photos showing some of the islands' inhabitants:

You've picked Northumberland's top castle and its top beauty spot, but now we're asking you for your views on the county's best building.

Our choice of 12 impressive structures ranges from the Royal Border Bridge in the north to Seaton Delaval Hall in the south, from the 12th century Hexham Abbey to modern buildings like Woodhorn and Alnwick Treehouse.

You can also pick from Morpeth Chantry, Howick Hall, Belsay Hall, Wallington, Brinkburn Priory, Cragside or Biddlestone Chapel - or add your own choice if we've missed it.

You can vote by clicking your choice on the Local Poll section at the bottom of this home page. The voting will be open for the next two weeks, with the winner announced on April 10.

Springhill and Alnwick Town Reserves will battle it out for the Robson Cup after winning semi-finals at the weekend.

Springhill coped better with the conditions to beat Alnmouth United 3-0. Mark Reid gave the visitors a half-time lead while a Daniel Carey own goal and Andrew Skelly's third wrapped up the win. Alnwick beat Wooler 2-0 through Neil McFall and Stephen Hogg.

The Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committees have prosecuted three people for capturing undersized lobsters.

Mr D McLaughlin from New York, North Tyneside, was fined £100 and ordered to pay £200 costs after admitting catching four undersized lobsters at Seaton Sluice while John Brown of Amble was fined £115 and £200 costs for landing 27 undersized animals at Amble last October.

Steven Marston, of North Seaton, admitted landing 23 undersized lobsters and was fined £115 and £200 costs. Robert Baxter, from Blyth denied obstructing a fishery officer but was found guilty, fined £60 and ordered to pay £200 costs.

The Traveller's Rest in Choppington overcame a tricky away game at Pegswood Ex-Services to maintain the pace at the top of Division One.

Goals from David John Kilpatrick (2) and Dale Wilkinson earned them a 3-2 win, with Carl Sanders and Matthew Cummins getting on the scoresheet for the hosts.

Lynemouth keep snapping at their heels, however, after comprehensively beating Ashington Booze Brothers 8-1.

A school in Northumberland has been issued with a "notice to improve" following a poor Ofsted inspection.

Coquet High School, in Amble, was visited by Ofsted last month and a report of their findings has just been published.

The report says the school is performing "significantly less well" than expected, and criticises its leadership and the students' achievement in core subjects.

A tree planting ceremony will take place next week to celebrate the inauguration of the new Northumberland County Council.

Council leader Jeff Reid and chief executive Steve Stewart will be planting an oak tree in the grounds of County Hall, Morpeth, on Wednesday at 1pm.

They will also be officially raising the new county council flag.

Meanwhile, residents across the county can still give their opinions on how they would like the new-look authority to tackle problems in their community.

£5,640 is being given to the Country Trust to provide an environmental education project for primary school children from Tyneside and Wearside.

The money has been handed out by green support services provder eaga with the help of the Newcastle-based Community Foundation for environmental projects in the North East.

The children will visit farms in North Northumberland to study sustainability, food production, conservation, crop seasonality and reducing food miles.

The Farne Islands have been voted Northumberland's top beauty spot.

In the latest poll on the Your Place community websites, the Farnes got 27% of the votes, ahead of Lindisfarne (22%) and the Cheviots (17%).

Votes also went to Bolam Lakes, Crag Lough, Allen Banks, Druridge Bay and Kielder Water.