A CHARITY horse show this Sunday will raise money for the helicopter heroes who came to the rescue of a rider.

Debbie Tomlinson, 44, of Bishop Auckland, broke her back when she fell off her horse in April.

The North East Ambulance Service and Great North Air Ambulance treated her at the scene, in Spennymoor, before she was airlifted to James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough.

She, husband Kev and friend Joanne Forrest will hold the fundraising competition, with ten in-hand and ten ridden classes, at Stanners Farm, Page Bank, Spennymoor.

Open entry is from 8.30am, show starts at 9.30am. Call 07966-544615 for details.