Primary and secondary pupils in the Wear Valley will take part in a two-day dance festival next week.

Six hundred youngsters, aged five to 14, will be involved in the event at King James I Community School, Bishop Auckland, on March 13, and at the Spectrum Leisure Centre, Willington, the following day.

The event, the first of its kind in the county, is part of a celebration of sport in Wear Valley which will culminate in a games festival in June