A PLAY which portrays how a farming community dealt with the foot-and-mouth epidemic is coming to Teesdale.

New Life, by Maureen Lawrence, will be performed at Mickleton Village Hall on Saturday, October 5, at 7.30pm. For tickets call (01833) 640066. There will also be a performance at Witham Hall, Barnard Castle, on Wednesday, November 13, at 7.30pm. Tickets are available on (01833) 631107 or at the door.

ANNUAL MEETING: Wear Valley Disability Access Forum holds its annual meeting on Tuesday, October 8, at 11am, in the forum office at Crook Business Centre.

CENTRE SALE: The Jubilee Fields Community Centre, in Shildon, has a table top sale next Sunday, from 10am to 1pm. Tables, which cost £25, can be booked by calling at reception or by telephoning (01388) 775425. Admission is 25p.

PARTNERS MEET: The next meeting of Crook Community Partnership is on Thursday, October 3, at 7pm, in St Catherine's Community Centre, Market Place, Crook.

UNDER SCRUTINY: A meeting of Sedgefield Borough Council's scrutiny committee for regeneration and the environment will be held tomorrow in the council offices, Green Lane, Spennymoor, from 10am.

FOREST RIDE: A mountain biking ride with a guide is held at Hamsterley Forest, next Sunday, at 1pm. The medium-level ride costs £8. Details are available on 01748 812071 or 07702 080206.

AREA FORUM: Sedgefield Borough Council's area forum for Newton Aycliffe, Aycliffe Village, School Aycliffe and Middridge will be meeting at the Great Aycliffe Town Council offices, School Aycliffe Lane, tomorrow, at 6.30pm.

COMMITTEE MEETING: A meeting of Wear Valley District Council's central resources committee will be held in the Civic Centre, Crook, on Thursday, at 6pm.

DANCE NIGHT: The Midi-Dance Orchestra hosts a 50/50 night for ballroom and sequence dancing from 8pm next Friday, at Spennymoor Town Hall. Admission is £3. For more details call (01388) 817914.

MALE CHOIR: The Billingham Synthonia Male Voice Choir performs at St Mark with St Paul's Church, Darlington, on Tuesday, October 1, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £4 and £2 and proceeds go to church funds. Contact (01325) 356599 for details.

PIZZA CHALLENGE: Would-be chefs are being invited to Make a Pizza for Marie Curie - a fundraising event in aid of the cancer care charity. The event takes place at Pizza Express, in Skinnergate, Darlington, next Monday, at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10, and include a pizza and a glass of wine. Contact 0191- 382 3311 for more details.

COUNCIL MEETS : The next meeting of Darlington Whessoe parish council takes place in the village hall on Wednesday, at 7pm. Items on the agenda include flooding problems in the Princess Road area.