MUSICAL EVENING: The Cobweb Orchestra Cabaret Ensemble and Durham Scratch Choir will provide an evening of light orchestral music, songs and poetry directed by Andy Jackson, at Crook Library on Tuesday, May 20, at 7.30pm.

Tickets cost £2 and £1.50 for concessions and are available from the library.

CHRISTIAN AID: A coffee morning and cake stall to support Christian Aid will be held in the side aisle of St Catherine's Church, Crook, on Saturday, from 9.30am to noon.

PLAYERS NEEDED: North Bitchburn Cricket Club, which plays in the North West Durham League, is short of players. A meeting will be held tonight, at Sunnydene Lodge, Howden-le-Wear at 8.30pm. Anyone interested in joining the club is asked to contact Graham Dunn on (01388) 763953.

MONTHLY MEETING: The Howden-le-Wear Women's Institute holds its monthly meeting on Monday, at 7pm, in the community centre.