RESIDENTS are to be given the chance to hear how their police district commander is looking after their interests.

Chief Superintendent John Burke, of Hartlepool police, will be the guest speaker at the South Community Safety and Police Liaison meeting.

The meeting is at 10am on Friday, at the Jutland Road Community Centre.

A similar meeting is being held for the residents of central Hartlepool in the Belle Vue Community Sports and Youth Centre in Kendal Road, on February 1, and for the North area at Bamburgh Court, Clavering, on February 8, both at 2pm