STREET FUN: Shoppers in Chester-le-Street town centre can see Uncle Alf Ballonology between 11am and noon on Saturday.

TENNIS TOURNey: Bournmoor Tennis Club is staging the sixth Chester-le-Street Open Tennis Tournament on Saturday, from 10am.

SPORT TRAINING: Coaching sessions in football and tennis will be held in Derwentside from Tuesday to Friday, August 27 to 30. The council's leisure department has arranged a visit to Wet 'n' Wild next Tuesday. For more information call 0191-387 2124

COFFEE MORNING: The Chester-le-Street Methodist Church is hosting a coffee morning in aid of the Birtley Methodist Church's disabled access fund on Saturday, August 31, from 9.30am until noon.

PARISH PILGRIMAGE: Par-ishioners of St Joseph's RC Church in Birtley will take part in a pilgrimage to Holy Island, led by Bishop Ambrose on Saturday, August 31.

FLOWER SHOW: The Chester- le-Street Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society is holding its Early Show from 2pm to 6pm on Saturday, August 31, and 10.30am to 4pm on Sunday, September 1, in Dobbies Garden Centre, at Birtley.

SOFT LANDINGS: A sponsored bungee jump is being held by the Chris Rochester Trust Fund from 11am on Sunday, September 1 in the Chester-le-Street Ropery Lane cricket ground. Anyone willing to jump should contact George or Pam Cummings on 0191-388 3769.

SURE START ACTIVITIES: Sure Start is staging a Craft 'n' Play and special music session with Finn, from 1pm on Tuesday, August 27, at Waldridge Road. Heather is doing family crafts from 1pm to 3pm at Pelton Fell Community Centre with a Bookstart Club Storytime from 1.30pm to 2.30pm in the library, next Wednesday. A bus trip to South Shields has been arranged for Thursday, August 29, with a pamper session from 10am until noon on Friday, August 30. For more information and bookings 0191-387 5907

SCHOOL REUNION: A reunion for pupils who left Lord Lawson School between 1994 and 1997 is being held from 7.30pm until late in the Pelaw Grange Dog Stadium. Tickets are £20 each to cover the cost room hire and a DJ. They are available from 0191-410 4968 or 078 7987 501. Any surplus will be donated to a local children's charity.

DARTS MONEY: The darts team of the Rose and Shamrock, in Birtley, held a charity night which raised more than £500 for two local children with life affecting illnesses.

LACY THINGS: A demonstration of lace making and an exhibition of lace is being held by the Beamish and Northumbria Lacemakers on Saturday and Sunday at Beamish Museum.