A much loved North East celebrity has given his backing to a north Northumberland community looking to save their village pub.
The Fishers Arms has been at the heart of Horncliffe, a village on the Anglo-Scottish border, for more than 200 years.
An Asset of Community Value (ACV) Order was placed on the pub in 2018, preventing any change of use of the building - and villagers are now trying to raise they money to buy the premises and run it as a community venture.
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And another North East celebrity has given his backing to the residents, with Si King from the Hairy Bikers lending the pub his support in a YouTube video.
In the video, Si said: "I just want to draw your attention to a lovely community project that's going on in Horncliffe. They're trying to save the local pub and it's a very important asset to the community.
"If you can help them in any way they would be very, very, very grateful because a local pub is a great asset to the community and a place where people can meet and sadly they've been eroded over so many years. So try and support them if you can."
The Hairy Biker is not the first famous face to give his backing to the pub - Robson Green wished the villagers 'all the best' at one of his 'great, great haunts.' There has also been a letter from the Duke of Northumberland supporting the villagers' efforts.
Since the pub's closure, the villagers have set up a website to help with their aim of purchasing and refurbishing the pub. Due to being the only pub between Norham and Berwick-upon-Tweed, it also serves many of the hamlets in the area, with it being described as a 'hub' for the community.
Lesley Ferguson, one of the residents working to save the pub said: "It's absolutely brilliant to get that support. And obviously the Hairy Bikers have done all those programmes recently about North East food. When we open, we intend to use local produce and buy into the concepts they believe in because whenever they do programmes they go to small, local producers.
"That's very much what we intend to do at the Fishers Arms."
The villagers are more than halfway to their goal of raising £296,000 by the end of March 2022. You can find more information here.
