A FAMILY is appealing to thieves to return a home computer that contains memories of their dead teenage daughter.

The family returned to their home in the Byker area of Newcastle, on Sunday, to find they had been burgled and the PC, containing digital photographs of their daughter, was missing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Newcastle East Police, on 0191-214 6555, extension 62284.

DOUBLE CRASH: A driver was found lying in the middle of the road outside the Three Tuns pub, in Old Durham Road, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, following a head-on collision on Wednesday. A man and a woman, both in their 40s, were taken by ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead.

BABY BOUNCE: A giant bouncy castle at the Galleries shopping centre, in Washington, has raised £450 for Sunderland educational charity Think Twice. Centre manager Les Pickering presented a cheque to the regional executive of the charity, Viv Watts.

World sounds: The DJs of the Pony Club will be playing world music sounds, including funk and reggae, in the Stables Bar of the Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, near Stanley, tonight, from 7.30pm. Admission is free.

TAI CHAIi: A weekly drop-in tai chi session is held on Fridays at the Chester-le-Street Community Association's centre on Newcastle Bank, between 12.30pm and 2pm. For further details, call 0191-388 4752.

MAGIC MOMENTS: Holy Trinity Church, at Pelton, will be staging a show at View Tops Club, in Beamish, with John Archer, a renowned magician, illusionist and comedian, who uses his skills to help people think about Christianity. The performance takes place at 7.30pm on Thursday. Tickets cost £3.50.

CHURCH CONCERT: The Vivace Quartet will be giving a concert in St Cuthbert's Church, in Shadforth, on Saturday, October 12, starting at 7.30pm. Admission costs £3.

HOMES PLAN: Project Genesis Ltd is seeking planning permission from Derwentside District Council to build 117 homes on the site of the former Consett Engineering Works, Park Road Industrial Estate, Blackhill, Consett.

PIANO RECITAL: Award-winning pianist Sarah Nicholls is giving a recital in St Cuthbert's Church, North Road, Durham, on Sunday, at 3pm, following a concert by Durham Young Musicians that starts at 1.30pm.

SHOWTIME: Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma will be performed at the Dryden Centre in Low Fell, Gateshead, from Tuesday until Saturday, October 26. For tickets, call (01207) 270596.

COAL DAY: The Tanfield Railway, the steam line near Stanley, will be holding a coal-train day, running coal trains that were once a familiar sight in County Durham, on Sunday, October 13. For details, call 0191-388 7545.