By Entertainment Editor GORDON BARR CHARACTERS from four popular Playhouse Disney TV shows are to appear together for the first time live on stage in Newcastle this May.

Tickets for the highly anticipated Take That Newcastle shows go on sale tomorrow at 9am. As revealed in the Chronicle this week, the group will play the Metro Radio Arena on November 26 and 27 as part of their Beautiful World tour.

A DRAWING competition for disabled children is to be sponsored by insurance broker Todd & Cue Limited at the Disability North Exhibition, Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, on October 18 and 19. Todd & Cue Ltd has donated gift vouchers to the winning children and book vouchers to their schools.