MAN ROBBED: A man was attacked and robbed at about 7:50pm on Tuesday (April 2) as he was walking into the Hardwick estate along the walkway leading from Durham Road onto Ebchester Close near to the BP garage, in Stockton. He was approached by two black males in their late teens, early twenties, who were wearing tracksuits and hoodies. He was punched in the face and had cash stolen from him. Anyone with information is urged to call Stockton CID on telephone 101.

NEEDLE WORK: The Guisborough branch of the Embroiderers Guild has its monthly meeting tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm in Sunnyfield House, Westgate, Guisborough, when the guest speaker will be Helen Kendrick and her subject of Expressions of Faith. Visitors are welcome.

VILLAGE HISTORY: The final lecture of Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum’s spring lecture series presented by Skinningrove History Group is on Saturday, April 20 at 2pm. The event is entitled Representations of Skinningrove Group. For further information call Jean Banwell on 01287-642877.