Janet Brown, from the North-East War Memorials Project, will be giving a talk to Bedale Archaeological and History Society at 7.30pm on Tuesday, May 6 in Bedale Hall. Admission is free to members, school children and full-time students and £2 for non-members. The talk will be in the Bedale Room, opposite the library.

St Oswald’s Mothers’ Union will be holding a coffee morning plus raffle and bring and buy stall at Sowerby Parochial Church Hall, near Thirsk on Tuesday, May 6 between 10am and 11.30am in aid of Mothers’ Union charities. Admission is £2.50.