Regional links W/C 24/2/20
Young Darlington bakers rise to the challenge in aid of the elderly (The Northern Echo)
Durham school head’s plea to Government and council leaders (The Northern Echo)
Coronavirus: Carmel College, Darlington and Trinity Catholic College, Middlesbrough send pupils home (The Northern Echo)
Could you be a teacher? Government launches recruitment drive in Middlesbrough (The Northern Echo)
School children to compete in national Lego League competition with design of solar-powered tram for King Street (The Shields Gazette)
Apology after primary school pupils left without a hot meal as region hit by freezing weather (The Shields Gazette)
Gateshead teacher tested for coronavirus after returning from school trip to Italy (Chronicle Live)
Government told to “go big or go home” over massive regional inequalities affecting North East (Chronicle Live)
Sunderland Council set to approve £5m expansion of city primary school (Chronicle Live)
Growing up in poverty causes North East children to die younger as life expectancy falls in places (Chronicle Live)