There were eight casualties following a horrifying crash on a major A-road - with seven people rushed to hospital. Two of the people hospitalised suffered serious injuries after a head-on collision in Northumberland. A stretch of the A1 was closed in both directions following the two-vehicle smash. The road was closed between the B1340 (Denwick) and the A1167 (Berwick Upon Tweed) for several hours, following the collision near Purdey Lodge on Saturday. A total of eight people were treated at