PEOPLE in east Cleveland have been given the chance to have a go at IT thanks to a special bus circulating the area.

The Technology Bus has been organised by Redcar and Cleveland College and is running across the length and breadth of Redcar and Cleveland as part of Adult Learners Week.

The taster sessions will give adults the opportunity to learn the basics of how to work a computer and encourage people to visit the college to find out about the courses on offer.

The bus is equipped with 12 laptop computers and Tracey Hart, project co-ordinator for Laptops in East Cleveland will be manning the bus to offer assistance to visitors.

She said: "The technology bus is the ideal way to take IT to residents in Redcar and Cleveland, especially east Cleveland.

"Many people don't have the time or resources to come to college open days so it is great that we can take our facilities to them to give a taste of what it would be like to be at college.