WOMEN’S INSTITUTE: The next meeting of Helmington Row Women’s Institute is on Monday, March 3 at 7pm at St Andrew’s Dawson Street Methodist United Reform Church, in Crook. Lindsay Robson will give a flower demonstration and the competition is for a small vase.

GUEST SPEAKER: Parkinson’s UK South Durham branch holds its next meeting at St Paul’s Centre, in Spennymoor, on Monday, March 10 between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. Guest speaker Barbara Galloway will give a talk on her game show experiences.