Our MP Phil Wilson helped to launch a new Memory Lane Café for people with dementia last week.

Social care and housing charity, the Hospital of God at Greatham, launched Memory Lane Cafés in Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor.

It offers lunch, entertainment and the chance to chat, with support for dementia patients and their carers in an informal setting.

Monthly get-togethers will be held from noon to 3pm, from Thursday 25th October, at Aycliffe Youth Centre on Burn Lane with the first taking place on 11th October 10am to 1pm.

For more details, call 0191 581 0880.