A NEW name and image are planned for a community centre about to undergo a £400,000 summer overhaul.

Hambleton Community Centre in Bullamoor Road, Northallerton, is to be transformed into an arts venue.

Improvements will include tiered seating, a wooden floor, a new roof and better disabled access.

It will still be available for community groups, but owner Hambleton District Council hopes it will also become a regular venue for conferences and the performing arts.

Leader of the council, June Imeson, said: "This scheme will both enhance the centre's position as a major arts venue as well as creating a more flexible venue which can cater for more customers in a more varied way."

Suggestions of a name can be sent to Sally Cottam, Leisure and Tourism Serv-ices, Hambleton District Council, Civic Centre, Stone Cross, Northallerton, DL6 2UU or email to sally.cottam