THE Rotary Club's Chester-le-Street branch has raised more than £500 through its annual sponsored walk.

The event, organised by Rotarian Arnold Cook, took walkers around Cockfield Fell in south-west Durham, and attracted 24 Rotarians, wives and friends.

The money will go towards club president Ian Wilson's chosen charities, the Chester-le-Street Sea Cadet Corps and the Bubble Foundation UK, at the General Hospital, Newcastle.