SELF-SUFFICIENCY is being taught at a cookery class next week when people learn how to make their own chutney and butter.

Cherie Kemp and Catherine Boyle, from Middlesbrough Environment City, will show how to make a relish using fresh vegetables, from 9.30am to 11.30am, on Friday, September 16, at The Barn, in Nuneaton Drive, next to Hemlington Lake.

Cooks can bring a small glass jar to take home a sample and may want to enter their chutney in the Middlesbrough Town Meal being held in Centre Square on Saturday, September 24, which will be judged by members of the local WI. The cookery class, which also teaches how to make butter, costs £1.50 and includes refreshments.

To book a place, call Ms Kemp or Ms Boyle on 01642811300, or Sam Willoughby, at Hemlington Recreation Centre, on 01642-596546.