A COASTGUARD is set to run from Whitby to Saltburn to raise funds for his local school.

Skinningrove Coastguard's deputy station officer, Paul Waugh, will run the 20-mile route along the Cleveland Way on Saturday to raise money for Skelton Primary School.

The money will be used to help to meet educational expenses such as excursions.

Mr Waugh, whose youngest daughter still attends the school, completed a coast-to-coast charity bike ride - in two days - earlier this year to raise funds for the Butterwick Hospice.

There is a competition to guess how long it will take him to complete the Whitby to Saltburn run, with the prize being a trip to see the main operations centre of the Bridlington coastguards.

The school is also holding a fundraising summer fair from 3pm next Wednesday.

For more information, or to sponsor Mr Waugh, call the school on (01287) 650689.