The start of a fete at St Mary's Church, Newton Aycliffe, has been changed to avoid a clash with the World Cup final. The fete, on Sunday, will start at 3pm. It will include stalls, a tombola, dancing and a prize draw with a £200 first prize.

CASH BOOST: A sports day collection at Abbey School, Darlington, raised £171 for Macmillan Cancer Relief.

FUNDRAISER: Sadberge Church fete is being held in the village hall tomorrow, at 2.30pm. It will be opened by Darlington Mayor Councillor Doris Jones.

CHARITY EVENT: The Two Blues pub, Woodhouse Close, Bishop Auckland, is holding a live music night on Sunday, from 8pm to 11pm, with proceeds going to the Butterwick Hospice.

GREEN PARTY: Tow Law Millennium Green Trust is holding a community festival on the village green on Sunday, at 2pm.

DANCE DATE: Toft Hill and Etherley's golden jubilee carnival tomorrow will finish with a dance in the community centre at 7.30pm. Tickets are available from Joan Thompson on (01388) 832262.

HOUSE SCHEME: An application for outline planning permission to build a house on land behind 5 Bridge End, Startforth, has been submitted to Teesdale District Council.

HELPING HAND: Singer Ann Breen will perform at Crook Civic Hall on Friday, July 19, in support of Stanhope and Weardale Multiple Sclerosis Society. Tickets are available on (01388) 762634, or (01388) 528929.

BARD BALLET: The Independent Ballet Wales will perform Shakespeare's The Taming of The Shrew, at Bishop Auckland Town Hall next Wednesday, at 7.30pm. Call (01388) 602610 for tickets.

GOLFING AID: A fundraising drive at Bishop Auckland Golf Club has raised £4,500 for the Children's Cancer Fund at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle.

SCHOOL TRAIL: Cleves Cross Primary School, Ferryhill, has got a new, outdoor adventure trail with the help of a £5,500 gift from Lafarge's Thrislington Quarry and Works landfill tax credit scheme.

NEW ROLE: The Reverend David Campbell, of Geneva Road Evangelical Baptist Church, Darlington, is taking up a new post in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in the US, after 15 years. A farewell service is being held on Sunday, at 3pm.

COLD COMFORT: Staff at the Asda store in Bishop Auckland spent a day in a bath as customers paid to cover them in custard, to raise money for the Butterwick Hospice. John Bowman, 21, and Matthew Gowland, 19, took it in shifts to sit in the bath.

SAFER HOMES: Anti-crime measures fitted in 220 properties on the Low Mown Meadows Estate, Crook, as part of a £1m facelift, have won Durham Constabulary's Secured by Design award, presented by Detective Chief Inspector Bruce Turnbull, to council chairwoman Margaret Pinkney.