World Cup winner Sir Bobby Charlton has been voted the Greatest Living Northumbrian in a poll on the Your Place microsites.
The Ashington-born footballer won 27% of the votes, beating actor Robson Green (17%) and comedian Ross Noble (15%).
Other nominees in the poll were Sir Bobby's brother Jack, musician Kathryn Tickell, cricketer Steve Harmison, the Duchess of Northumberland and darts commentator Sid Waddell.
Budding young chefs from two schools in Northumberland have made it to the finals of this year's Kitchen Chemistry competition.
Fusing science and food technology, the competition challenges pupils who are 11 and 12 to create a main course and dessert, which demonstrate the use of at least one scientific concept during the cooking process.
The entries have been whittled down to teams from schools in Haltwhistle and Bedlington, plus teams from North Tyneside, Newcastle and County Durham.
Bedlington Terriers, who just escaped relegation last season, look safe following a last-minute victory at Chester-le-Street, who led courtesy of Wayne Gredziak.
Anthony Shandran and Scott Bell then fired Terriers in front but when Craig Price struck at the other end, it appeared the Cestrians had claimed a point only for Bell to hit the winner on 90 minutes.
Players in the North Northumberland League enjoyed the recent relative good weather and played some of their hectic fixture list.
Teams got straight back into the action with some high scoring matches. Acklington Athletic and Craster Rovers took out the frustration of the last few weeks on each other with a 4-4 draw in their Division One clash.
Phil Grey with a hat trick and a Steven Watson goal were not enough for Craster as the home team hit back to share the points with goals from Richard Lemon, Kevin Kirby, David Littlefair and Steven Pearce.
Pegswood Ex-Services swept aside Ox Inn with a 9-0 thrashing in Division One of the Morpeth Sunday League.
Lee McAndrew scored five, Carl Sanders took a hat-trick and Josh Gilmartin completed the scoring.
Stobhill Social Club held Lynemouth to a draw. Michael Davis and Stephen Warwick cancelled each other out.
A Roman Catholic school could be closed and three more have £5m spent on refurbishments as part of a reorganisation in Northumberland.
The four Catholic schools in Blyth and Bedlington want to switch from the county's traditional three-tier education system to create a new structure of two primary schools and one secondary.
The schools involved are St Andrew's RC First in Blyth, St Bede's RC First in Bedlington, St Wilfrid's RC Middle in Blyth and St Benet Biscop RC High in Bedlington.
Bedlington Terriers posted an away victory in an exciting Northern League game at the weekend
Alex Benjamin hit a hat-trick for Morpeth Town but still finished on the losing side as Bedlington Terriers ran out 4-3 winners with goals from Lee Ludlow (2), Anthony Shandran and Scott Robson.
The result brings Bedlington level on points with Morpeth Town in mid-table.
A serial burglar who spent decades touring the region and raiding rural homes has begun a nine-year jail term.
Anthony Graham targeted wealthy families in Northumberland, Cumbria and North Yorkshire, creeping into their isolated properties and making off with treasured possessions.
The 50-year-old even plundered an historic castle of expensive antiques in his 30-year career as a "professional burglar".
Work on a revamp for Bedlington's Market Place is hoped to start next month and be completed by late summer, according to a report to Wansbeck councillors.
Changes have been made to the scheme's design and materials after four tenders from shortlisted contractors came in at about 20% above the budget.
A teenage rower and a thriving judo club have been honoured as sporting heroes in an awards scheme run by Wansbeck council.
Left to right: councillor Brian Richmond, Wayne Broderick, the Ashington Judo Club Senior Coach, Chris Weitz, Stephen Miller and Jamie Kirkwood
Rower Jamie Kirkwood, 19, and the Ashington Judo Club have been chosen as this year's top performers in the sporting hotbed of Wansbeck.
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