A SERIES of initiatives are being developed to protect Darlington's trees.

Darlington Borough Council adopted its tree strategy, called The Enhancement of the Urban Forest, last July.

Tree planting schemes have taken place across the borough since the launch of the scheme, and the council is planning more initiatives to take the strategy into its second year.

These will include carrying out an assessment of parks, producing a leaflet on trees in West Cemetery and implementing a tree education initiative in schools, working in partnership with the Tees Forest.

Members of the council's environment scrutiny committee will receive a report about continuing work on strategy at its next meeting, which takes place at the Town Hall on Thursday.