CEILIDH DATE: A Ceilidh is to be held by the Friends of St. Edmund's Church in the Parish Hall on Saturday, April 13, starting at 7.30pm.

Dancing will be to the Widdershins Ceilidh Band.

A pie and peas supper is included in the ticket price of £8, and there will be a licensed bar.

Tickets are now available from Sedgefield post office and members of the Friends' committee.

EASTER PICNIC: Sedgefield Community Association is holding a children's Easter picnic at Ceddesfeld Hall on Easter Monday, from 2pm to 4pm.

Events will include a Hunt the Easter Egg competition, a dyed and decorated eggs competitions, and an Easter bonnet competition.

If the weather is wet, the picnic will be held indoors