PUPILS from five schools have been taking part in a Christmas carols concert.

Northern Stage and Creative Partnerships have been working with 11 to 16-year-olds from the schools on a year-long project that started this summer.

This term's project culminates in a carols concert at the Arc arts centre, in Dovecot Street, Stockton, last night.

The schools involved were English Martyrs, in Hartlepool, Bishopsgarth, in Stockton, Haughton, in Darlington, West Redcar, and Hall Garth, in Middlesbrough.