PEDAL OF HONOUR: Michelin worker Steve Hall, pictured, is hoping pedal power will raise around £2,000 in memory of his wife.

Some 50 fund-raisers are preparing to take part in a 10-mile charity bike ride around Longport's Westport Lake on Saturday, March 20, to raise money for the Douglas Macmillan Hospice.

Father-of-one Steve organised the event after his wife Joanne, pictured inset, a teacher at Hassell Primary School, in Newcastle, died from breast cancer in September.

Steve, aged 34, from Kidsgrove, said: "Having seen first hand what cancer can do to people, I decided I wanted to give something back to the people who helped Joanne in the later stages of her life.

"The hospice staff were brilliant and are angels in my eyes."

To take part in the ride

Nicola

in the hospice's fund-raising department on 01782 344304.