CHRIST Church, Mytham Road, Little Lever, and MDM Entertainments are staging Jack and the Beanstalk on January 18 and 19 and are looking for chorus members who can sing and dance.

If you are under 16 and interested, contact Mark, Daniel or Emma at MDM on 01204 435283. The search is also on for contestants aged over 18 for "Whose Line Is It Anyway". Call the above phone number for details. Councillors open surgeries again FOR all your DSS worries, visit the recently reinstated Surgery at Little Lever Area Council Office, Market Street, on the first Tuesday of the month from 10.30am to 11.30am.

On the second and third Saturday of each month, Cllrs Tony and Maureen Connell and Cllr Robert Evans will be available from 9.30am to 10.30am.

The area office is open Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am to 4.30pm for general inquiries and to pay your council tax. Call 01204 331555. If you have any housing inquiries, call in Monday to Friday, or call 01204 335175. Hospice needs help BOLTON Hospice charity shops based at Bury Road, Tonge Fold; Tonge Moor Road, Bolton; and High Street, Little Lever, are in urgent need of volunteers who can spare three hours a week. The shops are open 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and 10am to 1pm Saturday. Call Debra on 01204 520040 if you can help. I can now be e-mailed at the following address: mmottram@lancashire.newsquest.co.uk