Newsquest is relaunching the Despatch as a weekly newspaper more than 30 years after it stopped publishing.

The rejuvenated title, a sister to daily the Northern Echo, will have two editions, Darlington and Wear Valley, and will be available in Darlington and towns across south west Durham.

The Despatch served the area as a daily newspaper up until its closure in April 1986 with the arrival of free newspapers.