LADY Brittan is guest speaker at our big occasion in Darlington on Tuesday, when the town's comprehensive schools compete for public-speaking honours.
The chairman of the National Lottery Charities Board, whose North Yorkshire home with Lord (formerly Sir Leon) Brittan is at Spennithorne, near Leyburn, will present the prizes for individual performances and a magnificent trophy to the champion team.
The title was won last year by Hummersknott school.
Mr Malcolm Warne, editor of the D&S Times, will chair the event, for which our co-sponsors are the college of technology and the town lecture association.
Readers are invited to join the audience at the college (7pm) for what is always an entertaining and stimulating occasion. Admission and interval refreshments are free
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