Young singers take the stage

Park View Community School is staging the musical Babes in Arms in the school's Church Chare Theatre, in Chester-le-Street town centre, from Monday to Friday, March 11 to 15. Performances start at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced at £4 for adults, £2 for concessions, are available from the school, 0191-388 2248.

ART CLASS: Durham University's Oriental Museum is holding a workshop on Japanese ink painting, led by artist Yukki Yaura, today starting at 2pm.

The workshop costs £3.50 (concessions £2.50) and places must be booked. For further details call the museum on 0191-374 7911.

Music night: A country and western night in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer is being held at 7pm on Thursday, March 21 at the Lancastrian Suite, Dunston, Gateshead. Tickets are available from the venue on 0191-460 9023 or CEO on 0191-273 9977.

Diabetes meeting: Durham Diabetic Club will holds its annual meeting in the diabetes centre in the city's University Hospital of North Durham, on Tuesday, March 12 at 7.30pm. After business is concluded members will be given a talk by a consultant from the hospital. Admission is free.

Mothering service: Perkinsville Methodist Church is holding a Mothering Sunday service on Sunday, March 10, at 10am. The service will be led by Elaine Burns, of Chester-le-Street.

Pain talk: Pauline Taylor will give a talk about an individual's experience of pain when the Durham branch of Action on Pain meets in Committee Room 1a at County Hall, Aykley Heads, Durham, on Tuesday, March 5, at 7pm. For further information about the branch call 0191-386 3407 or 0191-386 4395.

POTTERY FAIR: A pottery fair is returning to Durham Market Place, from Monday to Friday. Ceramics and crystal will be on sale.

Coffee morning: St Cuthbert's Church at Shadforth is holding a coffee morning at which bacon sandwiches will be served tomorrow at 10.30am in the Sherburn Hill Community Centre. Admission is free.

Feeling blue: Blues Unlimited will be performing tonight in the Stable Bar at the Beamish Mary Inn, No Place, near Stanley. Doors open at 8.30pm. For further details call 0191-370 0237.

Spiritual meetings: Spiritual meetings are held each Monday night at the Vane Tempest Hall in Gilesgate, Durham, starting at 7pm. On Monday the guest medium will be Maureen Warllwork and on Monday, March 18, the guest will be Adrian Davie. All are welcome.

Donor venues: Blood donor sessions will be held on Monday at the Masonic Hall, Station Road, Chester-le-Street, from 3pm to 7pm and in the Elvet Suite of the Three Tuns Hotel, New Elvet, Durham, between 2.30pm and 7pm.

Mast plan: Hutchinson 3G UK has notified Durham City Council of its plans to put up a mobile phone mast at the Abbeywoods Business Park, Pity Me.

Centre service: The band of Christ Church, Felling, will be playing hymns during a religious service in the MetroCentre, Gateshead, tomorrow. The service, to be held at 3pm in Exhibition Square, will be led by the Reverend Trevor Davidson.

New fence: Durham County Council is seeking planning permission to put up a 1.8-metre high fence at the front of Newton Hall County Infant School, in Langley Road, Newton Hall, Durham