CHARITY NIGHT: Ken Harrison who for 30 years was secretary of Crook Cricket Club is organising a charity night at the Cricket Club on Saturday, November 9 with all of the proceeds going to the Ward Four Stroke Unit at Bishop Auckland's Hospital.

Mr Harrison, 65, suffered a stroke in June and came out of hospital in August. "It's the least I can do for all the help I was given when I was in hospital," he said. The event will feature country and western singer Dixon J Scott and Mr Harrison hopes to be present along with some of the nurses and doctors from Ward Four. Tickets cost £2 including a buffet supper and are available from the cricket club, Lintons Newsagents or pay at the door.

PARTNERSHIP MEETING: At a meeting of the Crook Com-munity Partnership Andrew Callaway was appointed chairman and Hazel Lomax vice-chairman. No nomin-ations were received for the position of secretary. Brenda Johnson reported that a grant of £2,925 had been received from the community chest to pay for a landscape architect to draw up plans for the development of the land near Arthur Street. The wording finally agreed for the Crook approach road signs is to be "Crook Market Town" and these will be erected in the next few weeks. The next meeting was scheduled for November 7.

COME BACK: Nigel Wright, the Crook professional light welterweight boxer, returns to the ring in Glasgow on Saturday, to fight Ronny Naylan who is an up and coming Scottish fighter. Wright has been out of action with two broken bones in his left hand and this will be his first fight over six rounds.

WALK TALK: David Liddle, formerly of Howden-le-Wear, and now a countryside warden will give a talk called Walking to Help at the meeting of the Howden-le-Wear local history society today at 7pm. The meeting will be held in the history room at the Community Centre and admission is £1 members and £1.50 non-members.