DANCE TIME: The George Rowell Dance Band will provide the music for a 50-50 dance from 8pm to 11pm, on Saturday, at Springwell Village Hall. Tickets are £2.50.

HEALTH CENTRE: Plans are in place to transform the former Concord branch of Barclays Bank into the North Washington Health and Education Centre.

HOSPITAL TALK: A public consultation meeting on Sunderland City Hospital's Foundation Trust status will be held at 6pm on Thursday, in the Galleries. More information can be obtained from Carol Harris on 0191-565 6256.

MP QUIZZED: MP Fraser Kemp held a recent question and answer session with pupils of Glebe Primary School.

QUIZ NIGHT: The Honest Boy, at Blackfell, holds a music quiz from 8.45pm each Wednesday.

HELP SOUGHT: Volunteers are needed by Advocacy in Mind, a sector of Washington Mind. More details can be obtained by calling 0191-567 8902.

MUSICAL FUN: Springwell Village Hall junior drama group is staging Pick and Mix, a musical extravaganza, from Monday to Wednesday, October 27-29. Tickets cost £2.50.

FOCUS ON CARS: Washington Classic Car Restoration Club meets from 7.30pm on the third Thursday of each month at Wilden Terrace, South Pattison Estate. For more details, call Alan Thompson on 0191-416 5714.

FORUM MEETING: Washington Business Forum is holding a meeting at 8pm on Wednesday, in the Sure Start offices at the Rainbow Centre, in Concord. Places can be booked on 0191-416 3040.

RETURNED MESSAGE: Sisters Clair and Chelsea Savage, from Columbia, received a reply from Holland after throwing a bottle containing a message into the sea at Hendon last July.

PUB GIGS: The Coach and Horses at Usworth is presenting Broken Spoke at 8pm next Friday, followed by Colonel Blink on Saturday.