REMEMBRANCE services in honour of servicemen and women who gave their lives for their country will take place throughout the region this weekend. Services taking place in Wear Valley, on Sunday, unless otherwise stated, are as follows:

Bishop Auckland: 11am, Service of Remembrance and Recognition at the War Memorial followed by worship in St Anne's Church.

Crook: 2pm, parade starts outside the Health Centre, in Hope Street, and arrives at St Catherine's Church for a service at 2.30pm.

Coundon: 10am, Mass at St James Church followed by Act of Remembrance at the Cenotaph at 11am.

Eastgate: 11.30am, service in the Parish Church.

Escomb: 12.15pm Act of Remembrance at the cenotaph in the old St John's burial ground, following a Service of Communion in the church at 11am.

Frosterley: 10.30am, service in the Parish Church.

Hunwick: 9.15am, service in St Paul's Church followed by wreath-laying at the cenotaph.

Middridge: 11.50am, parade leaves the village hall to the village green for a service at noon at the war memorial.

Rookhope: 3pm, service in the church.

St Helen Auckland and West Auckland: 10am, Requiem Mass in St Helen's Parish Church.

Shildon: 10.45am Saturday, short parade from New Shildon war memorial, opposite the Railway Institute, in Redworth Road, for a ceremony at 11am. 10.45am Sunday, parade leaves Shildon bus station to the war memorial at St John's Church, for service at 11am.

St John's Chapel: 10.30am, service in the church.

Tow Law: 10am, procession from Dans Castle to the Parish Church for a service at 10.30am. At the end of the service, the procession moves on to the cenotaph for the laying of wreaths.

Westgate: 11am, service in the village hall.

Willington: 6pm Saturday, service at Our Lady and St Thomas RC Church. Then on Sunday, at 3pm, wreath-laying at the cenotaph, followed by a parade to St Stephen's Church, led by Aycliffe and Brancepeth Brass Band. A service at 3pm is followed by a presentation and buffet at Willington Cricket Club.

Witton Park: 10am, Act of Remembrance at the cenotaph.

Wolsingham: 10.45am, laying of wreaths and service at the cenotaph