THREE candidates will take part in a General Election question time organised by Churches Together in Barnard Castle and Startforth.

The three contenders for the Bishop Auckland seat are Richard Bell (Conservative), Helen Goodman (Labour) and Chris Foote-Wood (Liberal Democrat).

They will be at a meeting in the United Reformed Church in Barnard Castle, on Tuesday, May 3.

Anyone who wants to put a question is asked to submit it, in writing, to Elizabeth Conran, the group's secretary at 31, Thorngate, Barnard Castle, DL12 8QB, by Friday, April 29.

The people whose questions are selected will be invited to the meeting.