Mark Lawrenson takes on Dot Major from electro-pop band London Grammar to make predictions for this weekend's Premier League fixtures.

Loan striker Luke Armstrong's first-half strike sees off Barnet to keep Hartlepool United in the National League top three.

Brett Connon's late penalty saw Newcastle win a thriller against Harlequins in their first Premiership match for almost three weeks.

Substitute Chris Maguire rescues a point for Sunderland with a stunning stoppage-time finish as the Black Cats come from two goals down to draw at Crewe.

Middlesbrough end Cardiff City's run of successive wins as Paddy McNair's close-range finish earns them a point in a 1-1 draw at the Riverside.

The rescheduled 2020 gala, which was due to take place on 10 July, would have been its 150th year.

Jack Berry, who is selectively mute, began using art as an emotional outlet during the pandemic.

The 12-month trial is aimed at cutting carbon emissions and encouraging people out of their cars.

A testing site which will give symptomless key workers a Covid result within 30 minutes will open in Newcastle on Monday.

The site, at Westgate College, is the second in the city to offer lateral flow tests along with one at the Civic Centre.

Both are open for key workers who cannot work from home.

The Westgate College site is open between 10:00 and 18:00, Monday to Friday.

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Police raided the house in Middlesbrough after lines of waiting drug users were seen outside.

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Local Democracy Reporter

Uncertainty continues to surround an opening date for the North East’s Lighthouse Laboratory Covid testing site.

Local health chiefs are still awaiting government approval to open the facility, which has been built at the Baltic Park industrial estate in Gateshead.

The hub, which will create 1,100 jobs, was due to open in December and Newcastle's public health director Eugene Milne said it was “ready to go” at the end of January.

It was hoped the Lighthouse Lab would open earlier this month, but bosses say they still need “some final information” from the government before it becomes operational.

Once at full capacity, it should be able to process up to 80,000 Covid tests per day.

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Relive all the action as Brentford come from behind to beat Stoke and cut Norwich's lead at the top of the Championship.

Follow coverage of Leeds v Aston Villa, after Man City, West Brom and Aston Villa win earlier in the day.

Aiden Temple fell seriously ill but is very proud to potentially help other children.

Ellie Lowther socially transitioned at the age of 45 and completed her medical transition this week.

Scooter firm Neuron says most riders behaved responsibly but "there are always exceptions". 

The Hoppings, said to be Europe's largest travelling fair, will visit Newcastle's Town Moor.

Sunderland supporters might not be going to Wembley for the EFL Cup final next month due to Covid lockdown restrictions, but they're still buying tickets online.

Fans have come up with a plan to buy commemorative tickets for the game against Tranmere on Sunday 14 March which will be played behind closed doors.

Sunderland supporter Peter Richardson, who came up with the idea, said: "I collect all my ticket stubs and I thought wouldn't it be amazing if the club... sold tickets even though we couldn't go and then the money raised went to charity.

"I've been told the design is pretty much finished and they're ready to be printed, they are going to look like a traditional Wembley ticket."

Money raised will go to charity's including Sunderland foodbank, Mind and the club's Beacon of Light.

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A Covid-19 vaccination centre will open in Darlington next week.

It means more people can be given the jab as quickly as possible at the Darlington Arena site from Monday 1 March.

It's the fourth large vaccination centre in the North East, joining Newcastle's Centre for Life, Sunderland's Nightingale hospital and the Arnison Centre in Durham.

Such large centres can see up to 1,000 people a day, running 12 hours a day and for 7 days a week.

People will be invited to attend the centre by NHS England's national booking service, or they can wait until they receive an invitation from their own GP.

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A judge has ordered a gym to close for three months after its owners repeatedly breached lockdown regulations.

Durham County Council says Ellwoods Gym and Fitness Centre in Horden endangered the life, health and comfort of the public by staying open.

It was served with a prohibition notice on 13 January and when council and police officers returned two weeks later and on 10 February there was evidence the notice had been breached.

In total, police handed out more than 30 Fixed Penalty Notices to people using the gym and one man was arrested for obstructing the police.

The council says it found people had been travelling from around the region to attend the gym.

Karl Ellwood, of Park Terrace in Horden, was also ordered to pay court costs of £1,819.

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