DURHAM County Council is running a seven-week football coaching course for five to nine-year-olds at the Riverside Sports Centre, Chester-le-Street on Wednesdays between 5pm and 6pm. The course costs £21. For further information and booking call 03000 266 447, e-mail ontheball@durham.gov.uk or visit www.durham.gov.uk/ontheball Rock night: .

ROCK band Contraband will play the Barley Mow pub. Durham Road, Birtley, on Thursday night (May 23) at 9pm. Entry is free.

DURHAM County Council planners have approved a planning application to build a ground floor extension to a house in Avondale Terrace, Chester-le-Street.