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 below on the right hand column of this page. The voting will be open for the next two weeks, with the winner announced on April 10.

Councillors and aldermen will mark the end of Berwick Borough Council tomorrow with a commemorative photo.

The last day of the council's operations will see civic leaders gather on the Guild Hall steps for a photograph.

Springhill and Alnwick Town Reserves will battle it out for the Robson Cup after winning semi-finals at the weekend.

Springhill coped better with the conditions to beat Alnmouth United 3-0. Mark Reid gave the visitors a half-time lead while a Daniel Carey own goal and Andrew Skelly's third wrapped up the win. Alnwick beat Wooler 2-0 through Neil McFall and Stephen Hogg.

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.

A rare flower has become one of the North East's niche visitor attractions.

Yellow snowdrops are largely confined to an area of north Northumberland between Belford and Wooler.

Markings on the flower which are usually green are instead a bright yellow.

A woman who died in a house fire has been named.

Amanda Pearse, 42, of Weetwood Avenue, Wooler, Northumberland, was pronounced dead by paramedics in the street outside her home after efforts to resuscitate her failed.

Firefighters rescued her from the house after the emergency services were called to the blaze at around 12.45am on Friday.

Neighbours stood helplessly by in the street while paramedics tried to resuscitate her.

Fire crews tackled a severe blaze in the living room of the two-storey, semi-detached house. The cause is being investigated.

People in a Northumberland borough are to benefit from a new community development fund.

Berwick Borough Housing (BBH) was established last November to take ownership of council homes in the area.

It then set up a community fund whereby it is to give £25,000 a year for 10 years to development programmes in the borough.

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.

A mother-of-tree was killed today in a mystery blaze which engulfed her home.

The woman, who has not yet been named but was 42, was rescued from her semi-detached home in Weetwood Avenue, Wooler, by firefighters wearing breathing apparatus at around 12.45am today, while shocked neighbours watched helplessly.

Paramedics tried to resuscitate her in the street, but were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at the scene.