Actors Jeremy Swift and Mary Roscoe will join local diva Suzannah Clarke, Opera Nova and the Northern Sinfonia for a musical tribute to explorer Captain James Cook, next month.

Organisers Middlesbrough Council promise a Last Night of the Proms programme and atmosphere with popular classical numbers and sea shanties at the event at Middlesbrough Town Hall, on October 26, from 7.30pm. For details, ring (01642) 242561.

STEPPING OUT: A series of walks will be launched next month to encourage people to improve their health and fitness. The Stepping Out Health Walks will begin with a taster session at 11am on Wednesday, October 1. The first walk will start from the Ragworth Neighbourhood Centre and will be launched by paralympic athlete Tanni Grey Thompson. For further information, call David Cowell on (01642) 391464.

BATTY BECK: Nature lovers are invited to an event to find out more about bats inhabiting a Hartlepool beauty spot. A bat walk will take place at Greatham Beck, one of the town's four Local Nature Reserves on Tuesday, from 6.45pm to 8pm. The walk is free and will start from the pumping station in Newark Road on the Fens Estate. To take part, call the Country Wardens on (01429) 853325.

Store gifts: Staff from the Middlesbrough, Billingham and Thornaby branches of Asda will visit the University of Teesside, Middlesbrough, today with give aways for new students, together with gift cards and a raffle tickets. They will give goodie bags to 100 students.

COFFEE MORNING: The Asda store in Thornaby is to hold a coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Relief next Friday. It will take place in the store's cafe between 10am and noon.

care homes: Hartlepool Borough Council has received a planning application from the Trustees of Hospital of God, Greatham Hospital, Greatham, to build a 35-bedroom care home, convert Greatham Hall into administrative offices, convert Brother House into sheltered alms houses, convert the estate offices to residential units and provide additional car parking.

LINE UP: Fourteen-year-olds of mixed race and men of any ethnic background are needed for identity parades held by Cleveland Police. Anyone interested in applying can contact Sergeant John Baines, of the force's Identification Unit, on (01642) 303280.

SURGERIES RESTART: Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, ward councillors Steve Bloundele and Martin Booth, will restart their surgeries from Tuesday, holding the first one at St Barnabas Church Hall. On the second Tuesday of the month, a surgery will be held at the Friends Meeting House on Cambridge Road and, on the fourth Tuesday, at St Barnabas Church Hall on St Barnabas Road.

ROAD WORKS: Temporary traffic signals are in use on Larkswood Road, Redcar, as Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council carry out traffic calming work.