Olympic Flame
The route of the 2012 Olympic flame has been announced.
North Shields Olympic torch carrier: "I'm clumsy"
Heart campaigner Nadine Hollingsworth has spoken of her joy - but also her anxiety about being chosen to carry the Olympic torch through North Shields.
More top news
-
Staff at care home damaged by fire praise the generosity of local community
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
-
Hays Travel to recruit 700 apprentices and travel agents
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
-
James Cook statue’s fate to be decided by Alaskan indigenous people
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.