OVER thirty drivers were caught speeding in a 30mph zone in a police operation lasting less than two hours, some at times when children were walking to school.

One driver was clocked at 57mph in the 30mph zone by PC Andrea Brown, from the Cleveland and Durham Specialist Operations Unit.

A total of 33 drivers were found to have broken the speed limit during the operation on Essington Way, in Peterlee, between 8.08am and 9.45am.