OWNERS of the North-East's latest theme park hailed their first weekend a success yesterday.

Staff at Diggerland, at Langley Park, near Durham City, were expecting to have had almost 1,000 visitors by the time it closed yesterday.

Children and adults can operate diggers and other earth moving equipment at the park and can enjoy a number of other attractions including a digger train and mini-tractor racing.

"We've had an amazing response," said owner Hugh Edeleanu.