A PARISH council is leafleting its village and surrounding area urging residents not to speed.

Neasham Parish Council has taken the unusual step after months of concerns about vehicles speeding through the village - sometimes during the school run.

Coun John Day and Coun Derek Dodwell have drawn up the leaflet on behalf of the council and will send it out next week.

Apart from houses, the leaflet will be sent to schools in Hurworth, businesses and Arriva buses, asking their drivers to take care.

On Monday, Coun Day told the parish council that he believed some speeders were on the school run.

"On a morning, you can see children in the car and the same people coming back on an afternoon, doing the school run," he said.

Members were also worried about buses travelling through the village.

Coun Dodwell said: "I think they are trying to catch up their times."

At previous meetings, the council had discussed other methods of slowing traffic down, but there was no money to pay for improvements such as speed bumps.

Traffic monitoring devices were also set up in Tees Way for seven days last month to record the speed of passing vehicles.

After the results have been analysed, council officials and police will decide if further action needs to be taken.

* Parish council round-up: see page 8