A MAN collected sponsorship money as well as stares after having half his beard and moustache shaved off for charity.

Staff and regulars at The Brooms pub, in Urpeth Grange, near Chester-le-Street, watched as Joe Angus's son-in-law Jason Crawford stripped half his face bare. Mr Angus planned to spend the rest of the week with the remaining half of his facial hair intact before having it shaved off.

Mr Angus has raised £392 from donations for the children's cancer ward at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary, which he plans to present in the near future.