PEDAL power has raised £1,000 for child cancer patients.

Workers at Lucite International's Cassel Works, in Billingham, cycled 240 miles between three company sites to raise the sponsorship for the children's cancer ward at the Royal Victoria Hospital, in Newcastle.

One group cycled half the distance in one day.

Alan March, organiser of the event, said: "This was a great effort by everybody, the cyclists, support crew and sponsors, and was made all the more rewarding knowing that the monies raised are going to such a worthy cause."