Schools around the region have been busy collecting tokens to be in with a chance of winning thousands of pounds.
The Journal, in partnership with Barclays Money Skills, has ã20,000 to give away.
Bede Academy pupils, from left, Jack Greener, Cameron Manners, Sophie Robson, Dean Elliott, Erin Stevenson and Eleanor Rose
Every day The Journal has been printing tokens in the paper for parents, pupils and teachers to collect and schools have been urging their communities to get involved, too.
Scouts from across South East Northumberland got together to prepare for a massive European outdoor adventure.
They gathered in the North ahead of a trip to Kandersteg, Switzerland, this summer, where they will enjoy a 10-day adventure.
Ahead of their trip, 90 of them gathered just outside Carlisle to get acquainted with some of the activities they will be participating in in Switzerland.
A well-known children's charity has taken over a Northumberland youth centre.
Barnardo's has taken over at The Point, Blyth Young People's Centre, based in Bowes Street, Blyth.
The Point is a youth support centre offering a drop-in service and programmes aimed at targeted groups of young people.
Blyth Town were the only team in the Northern Alliance Premier Division top five to collect maximum points and the Town, now in third spot, beat champions Walker Central 2-1 at Monkchester.
Liam Mulligan's 16th-minute opener for the Central was a bizarre affair.
Blyth attempted to put the ball out of play following an injury, but the gesture misfired and Mulligan strolled through an 'open door' to put his side in front.
This weekend the members of the Marine Support and Training Service will be traveling up to Garelochhead to lend their services in carrying out guard duty for the Garelochhead 2-day marches. This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the event and the 3rd year for which we have carried out guard duty. We will also be hoisting the colours (Union Jack) at dawn and striking them in the evening.Two of our cadets will be carrying out the role of Bo'Sun (Bo'sun whistle) and Ensign (hoisting the colours).
Firefighters are to take part in a charity bike ride.
Officers from Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service will tour the county this bank holiday weekend on a cycle challenge.
The event - in aid of the Fire Fighters Charity and Help For Heroes - will see the firefighters tackle a 230-mile route that takes in all the fire stations in the county.
Vandals are being hunted by police after windows were smashed at a Northumberland school.
Three windows were damaged at Tynedale Middle School in Tynedale Drive, Blyth, between 5.30pm on Monday and 8am the following day.
Police were alerted after the incident - the latest in a spate of such damage at the school in recent weeks. Blyth neighbourhood inspector, Trevor Oakley, said: "We are stepping up patrols around the school to reassure residents and try to catch whoever has done this.''
Police are appealing for anyone with information to contact them on 0345 604 3043 ext 69191.
A Northumberland woman who suffered serious head injuries in an incident at her home remains in hospital.
The woman, named locally last week as Sam Scott, of Langley Avenue, Blyth, suffered the injuries in the early hours of last Wednesday while at home with a man and a woman. She was taken to Wansbeck General Hospital.
A Northumbria Police spokesman yesterday said the woman is still in hospital and in a critical condition.
A second person may be charged in connection with the New Year's Eve murder of a loving dad.
Barry Self, 38, from Blyth, was battered to death after leaving a party in Gateshead.
Now, at Newcastle Crown Court, Paul Robinson has pleaded not guilty to murder, saying it was someone else that inflicted the injuries.
A cherished transport service - described as a lifeline for disabled and elderly people in Blyth - has been given a reprieve from the threat of closure.
The 16-seater minibus takes blind, handicapped and elderly clients, as well as younger disabled people, to and from their clubs, churches, meeting places and activities in Blyth, free of charge.
Stuart Air, who drives the Blyth Valley Disabled Forum minibus
Two months ago The Journal revealed a serious threat that the bus, operated by the Blyth Valley Disabled Forum (BVDF), could be forced off the road because of county council spending cuts.
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