ARTISTIC children have been recognised for their paintings.
Emily Tuer, four, from Birtley, near Chester-le-Street, and Jordan Preston, nine, from Whickham, both won first prize in the Northumbria in Bloom painting contest.
Their winning entries were chosen from hundreds submitted by schoolchildren across the region and were among 14 to be featured in the official Northumbria in Bloom Calendar for next year.
Coun Michael McNestry, cabinet member for the environment at Gateshead Council, said: "The paintings that were entered in the competition were fantastic and all the winners have done really well to have their entries reproduced in the official calendar, which will be available to buy at Gateshead's summer flower show in July."
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