YOUNGSTERS who want their name in lights still have time to enter a competition to design Darlington's Christmas decorations.

The Northern Echo has joined forces with Orange to give children in the region the chance to design Darlington Borough Council's Christmas lights.

There are three age groups for the competition, under-eight, eight to 12 and 13 to 16.

Designs should be use the theme "the spirit of Christmas" and should be drawn on a piece of A4 paper in red, green, blue, white, purple, orange, yellow and pink lights.

The winners in each age category will be invited to the Darlington town lights switch-on, to see their design become reality.

They will also be entered in a national competition to win a trip to see Santa in Lapland, in early December.

You don't have to live in Darlington to enter the competition but you must attend a school in the North-East.

Entries must be received by Monday. Judges from Darlington town centre management, Orange and The Northern Echo will choose the winners.

RULES

Drawings will be adapted by the light designers to meet the specifications required to produce the lights.

You can enter as many times as you like but each entry must be on an official Newsquest entry coupon.

All entries will be considered the property of Newsquest (North-East) Ltd and will not be returned.

Winners will be notified by post and there will be no cash alternative to the prize as stated.

The judges' decision shall be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Employees and members of their families of Newsquest (North-East) Ltd or Orange are barred from entry.

Winners' names will be published when space is available in the publication in which the competition appeared.

Newsquest (North-East) Ltd reserves the right to use photographs of competitions winners for publicity purposes. Entry instructions form part of the rules.

Promoter: Orange Personal Communication Services Limited of St James' Court, Great Park Road, Almondsbury Park, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 4QT.