HOUSING association customers can now pay their bills at a new office in Stokesley.

Hambleton District Council has set up the facility at Town Close, in North Road.

Customers of Broadacres Housing Association can pay rent, garage and support charges using cash, cheques, debit and credit cards.

The office is open from 8.45am to 5.15pm, Monday to Thursday, and from 8.45am to 4.45pm on Fridays.

Cyril Dyke, head of customer and information services for the council, said: "This new service means the range of options customers now have to pay bills has been widened.

"We are working with a number of partner organisations to make all our council offices in Easingwold, Northallerton and Stokesley true one stop shops.

"We want residents to be able to come into one building to get the services they need, whether it is paying rent, asking about planning regulations or finding out the time of a bus service."

Broadacres' office, in College Square, Stokesley, is open from 9.30am to 12.30pm, Monday to Friday.