A VIDEO games specialist with stores across the region is planning to expand after increasing its number of stores from two to 29 in six years.

Chips, which was formed in the 1980s, has stores in Middlesbrough, Sunderland, Darlington, Redcar, in east Cleveland, Northallerton, in North Yorkshire, and Bishop Auckland, County Durham, and franchised outlets in Hartlepool, Consett, County Durham, Chester-le-Street, Guisborough, east Cleveland, Stockton and Skipton, North Yorkshire.

A company spokeswoman said: "We believe that any town with more than 25,000 people can support a Chips store. We are continuing to grow."