A 9 year old girl from South Tyneside has raised more than £700 pounds to buy therapy dolls for care home residents by walking laps of her local park.
South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust is the first in the North East to start vaccinating frontline staff with the newly approved vaccine.
People in South Tyneside are being asked to avoid calling their GP practices to book Covid-19 vaccinations.