THE Liberal Democrats have selected their North-East candidates for the 2004 European Parliament elections.

The region's four candidates for the elections are Fiona Hall, Chris Foote Wood, Greg Stone and Nigel Boddy.

They are led by Ms Hall, a former teacher from Whittingham, in Northumberland. She was a European candidate for the North-East in 1999.

Wear Valley District Council group leader Mr Foote Wood, from Bishop Auckland, was also a European candidate in 1999.

Newcastle City councillor Mr Stone works at Teesside University, while solicitor Mr Boddy, from Darlington, was Lib Dem Hartlepool parliamentary candidate in 2001.