A SCHOOL plans to dust off a cup which used to be presented to green-fingered villagers on the outskirts of Darlington.

The Hurworth Garden Cup was once given to the residents with the best-kept council house garden in the village.

Because there are now few council houses in the village, the competition no longer runs and the cup has been gathering dust.

Hurworth Parish Council has now given the cup to Hurworth Primary School.

School head Trevor Drury said: "We are thinking of presenting it to the pupil who produces the best art or creative work during the school year."