CHILDREN at a Redcar school learned about life in the Army yesterday when they welcomed back a former pupil.

Sergeant Joanne Berry, 31, talked to Ryehills Secondary School pupils about her work for the Army's Intelligence Corps in Lincolnshire.

She also thanked pupils for raising money to help fund her trip to the Great Wall of China.

Sgt Berry will walk the length of the wall in May in aid of the National Deaf Children's Society, and needs to raise £2,000.

She said: "It's a good opportunity for the children to see what happens to pupils when they leave school and what is out there for them."