A MAN and a woman from Derwentside have appeared before magistrates charged with house burglaries in Wolsingham, Weardale.

Lousie Kennedy, 20, of Dunn Street, Annfield Plain, was given conditional bail by Sedgefield magistrates yesterday on two specimen counts of stealing property from homes in Grosvenor Terace and Lydgate Lane. She must return to court on January 2.

Michael Richardson, 24, of Holly Hill Gardens West, South Stanley, was remanded in custody until December 19 on similar charges