AFTER waiting more than 30 years a dream has become a reality for the village of Danby Wiske, near Northallerton.

It finally has an events field - and is looking forward to holding events such as strawberry teas, church garden parties, hog roasts and cricket and rounders matches. The field will even provide a small area for ball games.

The community has already raised money to buy a play park, and when the land for the events field became available they worked together to raise the money to buy it, helped by £1,000 from the locality budget of local county councillor Annabel Wilkinson.

Locality budgets allow the 72 county councillors to respond to local needs and requests by recommending funding of up to £5,000 to support projects or activities that benefit the communities they represent.

Cllr Wilkinson said: “Danby Wiske is a strong vibrant community, who have already raised funds to purchase a much-longed-for play park. The villagers have waited more than 30 years for this opportunity and have all worked together to achieve this."