Derwentside INDUSTRY WALK: Ray Thompson will lead a four-mile Healeyfield parish walk examining old railways and lead mining, leaving the Old Smelt Mill picnis site, near Castleside, at 2pm on Sunday, June 16.

FARES REDUCTION: Fathers can travel at child prices on the Tanfield railway between 11am and 4.54pm on Sunday, June 16, to mark Father's Day.

NIGHTS OF MELODY: Consett Theatre Workshop Junior Group stages The Melody Lingers On at the Empire Theatre, in Consett, from Monday to Wednesday, June 17 to 19. Tickets cost £3.

LOCAL BOOK: Joe Watson has written a book, My Ward? My Word! On Burnopfield and Dipton, the area he represented on Derwentside Council for 16 years. The book is available from local libraries and bookshops, priced £4.75.

ADULT COURSES: The Stanley Return to Learn Centre holds courses in Lanchester, South Stanley, Dipton, Leadgate, Delves Lane, Moorside, Chester-le-Street and Pelton Fell. For further information call (01207) 230521.