The High Street in the town of Yarm was, last year, awarded the accolade of the best High Street in the UK.

The Georgian street is famous for its cobbles even if they seem to be forever being dug up and replaced.

At night, especially at the weekends, it is packed with scantily clad young ladies and the pubs do a roaring trade.

The BBC have just conducted a survey of the pubs checking the toilets for traces of cocaine. I don't know what it tells you but cocaine was detected in 2 of the gents toilets. Much more disturbing was the fact that in the ladies, 7 of the 9 pubs had traces of the drug.

One landlord has said they do their best to avoid drugs on his premises but he wouldn't have been surprised if it had been 9 out of 9.

What a commentary on our society of today.