A STOCKTON thoroughfare has a new look thanks to the generosity of a local company.

About 30 hanging baskets are now blooming along Green Lane and several other roads in the Newtown area thanks to a £1,000 donation by TL Care Homes.

Councillor Steve Nelson, the council's cabinet member for the environment, said: "The Newtown area has been brightened up. We're grateful to TL Care Homes for their community spirit and generous sponsorship."

As well as the sponsorship of the hanging baskets in Newtown, the council also reached an agreement with another company to improve the fountain in the town's Ropner Park.

Enterprise Plc agreed to paint the fountain and then plant decorative flowers around it