Darren Thwaites has been appointed as the new editor of the Evening Gazette in Teesside.

Currently Trinity Mirror’s editorial development manager, regionals, he joins the paper on August 1.

He will succeed Steve Dyson, who is leaving the Evening Gazette to become editor of the Birmingham Evening Mail. Both titles are owned by Trinity Mirror.

Darren, (37), said: “The Evening Gazette is a superb regional newspaper with a passionate team of journalists.

“I’m looking forward to building on their enviable record of success.”