TWO friends are organising a Christmas fair to put Teessiders in touch with their inner selves.

Christine King and Antonia Martinez are staging Middlesbrough's first Mind, Body and Spirit fair.

The two met at a crystal healing course and began attending and hosting spiritual and therapy events as a hobby.

"It is an opportunity to uplift the body and invigorate the mind through a range of therapeutic mediums - or simply shop around for Christmas presents with a difference," said Ms King, an office worker with youth charity Fairbridge Teesside.

There will be 40 stalls and therapists offering crystal gifts, tarot card and aura reading, reflexology, aromatherapy and Indian head massage, in the Town Hall Crypt, in Albert Road, Middlesbrough, today, from 10am.

All stallholders are contributing prizes for a raffle the proceeds of which will be split between Fairbridge Teesside and Dyslexic Support.

Admission, which includes a voucher for free refreshments, is £2.50 for adults, £1.50 OAPs and accompanied children under 12 are free.