TOP ADVISER: Financial consultant Kim Masters has been shortlisted for a major award TM pic

Christmas just isn’t the same without a trip to Whitley Bay to visit the pantomime at The Playhouse.

TOP GEAR: Headteacher Nicky Wright, Edge Hotel landlady Fiona Coastworth and Amit Kumar, from Cummins, with the year 5 group

HIGH OLD TIME: At 1,154ft, is Woodland’s community Christmas tree the highest in County Durham? Simon Land is posing the question