NEWSQUEST, publishers of The Northern Echo, has raised money for charity by recycling old mobile phones.
A total of £490 was raised for the British Red Cross after staff handed over 160 old phones for recycling.
Peter Fautley, Newsquest's telecommunications manager, presented a cheque to John Tough, head of retail, at the charity's headquarters in London.
Newsquest also presented 70 mobile phones towards the British Red Cross mobile phones recycling scheme.
Mr Fautley said: "These mobile phones would probably have been thrown away, but by recycling them we have been able to support the valuable work the British Red Cross undertakes."
Mr Tough, who runs the mobile phone scheme for the British Red Cross, said: "We are delighted to receive this cheque and these mobile phones which will help us continue to help vulnerable people in the UK and overseas."
The British Red Cross mobile phone scheme is run through its 400 shops across the UK.
Old mobile phones and chargers brought into one of the Red Cross shops can be worth up to £10 for the charity.
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