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.
Pupils at a Northumberland school will be transported thousands of miles tomorrow when the sights and sounds of South Africa come to their school.
The Lions of Zululand are a group of traditional African dancers and musicians from KwaZulu Natal in South Africa and they will be running a music, art and dance workshop at Nunnykirk Centre for Dyslexia near Morpeth.
Nunnykirk headteacher Mrs Carol Hodgson said: "The students are very excited about this event. Art, music and culture are an important part of life here at Nunnykirk and it will be great that the pupils will be able to experience the Lions of Zululand and I know they will gain a lot from the day."
Young and novice sheepdog handlers are being urged to have a crack at a series of trials being run specially for newcomers.
The Northumberland League Sheepdog Trials is organising the programme for a third year, with the David Leach Cup - named after the former agricultural editor of The Journal - presented to the best handler under 25.
There are no age restrictions on the rest of the events, which are open to anyone new to sheepdog trialling.
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.
Pupils made their own contribution to the Tyne's rating as the top salmon river in England and Wales.
They released around 30 tiny salmon into the river at Falstone in Northumberland which they reared from eggs in their classrooms.
The pupils at Dr Thomlinson Middle School in Rothbury and Netherton First School worked with fishing coach Kevin Dawson (pictured).
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.
Designs by architects Reid Jubb Brown for the £3m "Lake House" on the Ghyllheugh estate north-west of Longhorsley. The house has made planning history by being the first to pass tough laws on rural planning consent for two decades. Read story »
A stunning £3m house has made planning history. The oak-built structure is being billed as a country home for the 21st Century.
And it became the first house to pass tough laws on rural planning consent in the region for two decades.
The £3m house will be built beside a lake on the Ghyllheugh estate near Longhorsley in Northumberland.
They've huffed and they've puffed lifting bale after bale, and now some Northumberland schoolchildren can be proud of their straw house handiwork.
Pupils from Dr Thomlinson C of E Middle School in Rothbury have completed a straw house on their school playing field in a project designed to teach them about the properties of different building materials.
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