From 23 December, we’re no longer updating this account, but you can see Look North weeknights at 18:30 on BBC One and you’ll find our stories and the latest news on the BBC North East feed. See you there!

From 23 December, we’re no longer updating this account, but you can see Look North weeknights at 18:30 on BBC One and you’ll find our stories and the latest news on the BBC North East feed. See you there!

Not a good start - thanks to those who spotted my mistake - the new place to go to find our stories and the latest news should of course be the BBC North East feed.

From 23 December, we’re no longer updating this account, but you can see Look North weeknights at 18:30 on BBC One and you’ll find our stories and the latest news on the @BBNEandCumbria feed. See you there!

The co-founder and chairman of the company aiming to build the UK's first electric car battery 'gigaplant' has quit after it emerged he was convicted for tax fraud in Sweden bbc.in/3qWf6Iu

Sunderland boss Lee Johnson feels 'let down' by the English Football League for not providing 'clarity' on whether Tuesday's game with Wimbledon should go ahead following a Covid-19 outbreak bbc.in/2WhzrKg

Patients at a surgery in Maryport will have to wait longer for coronavirus vaccinations after almost 1,000 doses failed to arrive bbc.in/3897I3Z

We can't wait for Cherry Valentine to spill the tea 💃

The Darlington drag queen is one of the contestants on series two of RuPaul's Drag Race UK bbc.in/3r3Gu7q 👏

A depleted Sunderland drew against Wimbledon after Covid-19 caused problems at the Stadium of Light bbc.in/3r3nZ2Y

A GP and medical director whose father died with coronavirus says the vaccine roll-out feels 'bittersweet' because it has come too late for many people bbc.in/3gVc2rI

Surgeon Barney Green describes himself as a plumber, fixing the pipes that carry blood around the human body bbc.in/37skYSl

Clinical trials have started for a coronavirus vaccine to be initially tested on 150 volunteers at sites in Newcastle, Birmingham, Bristol and Southampton bbc.in/37lwzCj

Hexham's East Woodburn Bridge and the Lake District's Graythwaite Hall gardens feature for the North East and Cumbria bbc.in/3nszOxI

“It is a bittersweet moment”
Says the doctor in charge of the vaccine rollout in Sunderland..

“My father passed away with Covid, and I wish he was alive to be offered the vaccine”

North West Durham MP Richard Holden's proposals to outlaw 'medieval' virginity testing have passed their first parliamentary stage bbc.in/2WhPl7p

A man who beat his girlfriend's uncle to death and took a 'trophy photograph' has been jailed bbc.in/2IQgdZ4

Newcastle boss Steve Bruce said two of his players are 'not well at all' after contracting coronavirus bbc.in/3aadaWZ

Filming the community rollout of the #CovidVaccine in Sunderland today

A speeding driver who killed a 13-year-old girl and seriously injured her sister and mother has been jailed for four-and-a-half years bbc.in/3qWibZ3