The winner of The Northern Echo's Best Beauty Salon in Darlington and County Durham can now be revealed.

We asked our readers to tell us which beauty businesses were their go-to spots for artistic nails, hair transformations and rejuvenating facials - and Darlington-based salon, Becki C's Nails, Beauty and Aesthetics, has come out on top.

The salon, owned by Becki Cooper, 35, from Darlington, is based on Burnside Road.

Becki, who opened her salon at just 17 years old, said: "We're absolutely over the moon, and I can't stop grinning like a Cheshire cat.

"You kind of forget that you mean so much to people. We're just a little salon on an estate in Darlington, we're not a fancy place, so to be the winner is amazing. Every single one of us is grateful to everyone who voted."

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