I MUST congratulate managing director David Coates, editor Peter Barron, deputy editor Chris Lloyd and the rest of your team for putting together a fantastic edition of The Northern Echo on Saturday, December 13.

It is full of pictures, colour, great stories and puzzles galore (Puzzled, Superbrain and Champagne Crossword) which will keep a lot of readers engaged in thought for a long time.

Value for money is an understatement, as it overrides all boundaries and publishes for all ages. Brilliant.

Philip John Dowell, Hetton-le- Hole, Houghton-le-Spring, Wearside.