BBC football expert Mark Lawrenson takes on singer James Bay to predict this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Patrick Bamford's 97th-minute equaliser earns Middlesbrough a fifth-place finish and a play-off semi-final with Aston Villa.

Relegated Sunderland end a miserable season in the Championship by thumping champions Wolves.

Watford beat Newcastle to end a run of seven league games without a win and ensure their Premier League survival.

Rampant Wasps seal third place in the Premiership with a bonus-point victory over Newcastle at Kingston Park.

Labour has failed to take target councils in London, while the Conservatives have lost control of two councils.

Antony Mullen's Twitter comments included calling Labour MP Diane Abbott a "filthy, bulbous pig".

Hartlepool United name Matthew Bates as manager after he led them to National League safety as interim boss.

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A five-year-old girl is "devastated" after losing her doll Sparkle.

The doll is extra special to Anya, as her grandma gave it to her before she passed away.

Anya's parents say she lost the doll during a day out in Newcastle, or on the Metro ride back to Sunderland.

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Local elections in much of the region have given something for all the parties to cheer, if not exactly enough to crack open the champagne.

Despite individual seats changing hands, no council switched political control.

All the main parties say they're focused on the future with a raft of new councillors elected in their early 20s.

Here is a round-up of the results:

• In Newcastle, Labour won 56 seats, up two, the Liberal Democrats secured 19, down one, with independent candidates winning three, also down one. It is now 22 years since the Conservatives last had a Newcastle councillor.
• Labour remained in control of Sunderland Council, although it lost a small number of seats.The Liberal Democrats, which had been hoping to make gains, took three seats from the party, while the Conservatives took two. Labour did win the Copt Hill ward from an independent for a net loss of four seats.
• On South Tyneside, Labour holds all the seats apart from one where an an independent candidate lost to a Conservative.
• Labour has held on to Gateshead Council after votes on 23 seats out of 66, losing one ward to the Lib Dems and gaining one from them.
• North Tyneside Council also remained under Labour control, but with some movement. Overall Labour gained two seats, the Tories lost one, and the Lib Dems lost one.
• Labour retained its hold on Hartlepool Borough Council. A Putting Hartlepool First candidate gained one seat from UKIP, which did not contest the election and now has no presence on the council. There was no change for other Independents or Conservatives, and Labour, which has been in power since 2010, continues to hold 19 seats.

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Scientists at Newcastle University believe a breakthrough has been made in Alzheimer's Disease research by getting people to wear special sensors.

These sensors can pick up small changes in the way people walk and move, which could be an early sign of dementia.

Previous studies have shown changes to the brain can start as early as 10 years before a formal diagnosis.

The Edinburgh hairdresser is jailed for eight years after he admitted having sex with four men knowing he was HIV positive.

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Two vehicles have been stolen from a property in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough.

A white Audi A3 and a red Land Rover Discovery were taken from the property in Beechfield overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.

IT equipment was also stolen, including Ethernet cables and power packs and leads.

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A North Shields man caught up in the TSB online banking issues has told BBC Newcastle his experience has been a nightmare.

Peter Blythe is disabled and on benefits and has had to freeze his bills since the problems began. Customers have been locked out of their online banking and their mobile phone app since the bank attempted a system upgrade two weeks ago.

Mr Blythe says he still doesn't have access to his accounts.

"It bounces you back to put the password in again, and again, and again.

"I have been waiting on the phone for three-and-a-half hours at the longest point. I actually got through to them this morning but I still need to go to the branch in Newcastle to get my internet banking reset."

TSB's apologised to Mr Blythe and says it's been in touch with him to see how it can help.

The bank says no customer will lose any money over the issues.

A 20-year-old elected in Sunderland's local elections has become the city's youngest councillor.

Jack Cunningham, from Hetton Downs, is also one of the youngest people to be elected in England.

The Sunderland University politics and sociology student said he hoped younger politicians would become the "norm" rather than the "exception".

Mr Cunningham has been a member of the Labour Party since he was 14 years old and will represent the Copt Hill ward.

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Many Star Wars fans out there will know that today, 4 May, is referred to as Star Wars day (May the fourth/ "May the force".. you get it).

Cleveland Police wanted to mark the occasion by inviting Storm Troopers to work with them for the day.