CHILDREN and their families are getting the chance to learn foreign languages in their spare time.

Clayport Library, in Durham, is to offer free family learning courses in French followed by Spanish in the autumn.

The five-week French course is aimed at youngsters aged six and over.

Places on the course can be booked at a meeting at the library at 11am on Saturday.

For more information, call the library on 0191-386 4003.