CANCER patients will take part in a fashion show next week.

The nine former and present patients will be models in the charity show, at Ushaw Moor Catholic Club, near Durham City, at 7.30pm on Wednesday. They will be joined by compere and drag queen Kitty, and 12 youngsters modelling children's clothes.

The show is being organised by Lil Sowerby, whose husband, Brian, died of cancer last October, three weeks after being diagnosed.

"We wanted to do something very special and try to get as many people interested as possible," she said.

The fashions, provided by Ushaw Moor resident Kath Gardiner, will be on sale and there will be a raffle and tombola.

Admission is £1 at the door, and proceeds are in aid of St Cuthbert's Hospice, Durham.