Durham Rambling Club will do two festive walks from Edmundbyers to Stanhope – nine and 12 miles- on Sunday (December 15) . Travel by coach with pick ups around Durham costs £12. New members are welcome. For further details and to book a seat, phone/text 07706-871812 or phone 0191-373-3429.

Advice session: Greater Durham Citizens Advice Bureau will hold an outreach advice session in the Harry Guildford Centre at Langley Park on Wednesday (December 11) between 10 and 11am. No appointment is needed.

New home: Plans for a detached home and garage on land at Ramside Hall Hotel and Hilltop Farm, Carrville, Durham, have been approved under delegated powers by Durham County Council planning New officials New roof: Durham County Council planners have given planning permission to an application to build a pitched roof on a flat roofed extension at the front of a house in Bromley Close, High Shiincliffe, near Durham.