A HOSPICE will benefit from more than £275 in funds thanks to staff at Darlington's Cafe Gulp.

Eight members of staff at the cafe in Priestgate, including owner Les Mooney and manager Paul Mansfield, completed the Darlington 10km run to raise the money for the town's St Teresa's Hospice.

The money, which was raised in sponsorship, will support the hospice's 24-hour unit providing respite, palliative and terminal care, which is due to open shortly.

Hospice director, Jane Bradshaw said: "Our thanks go to all the team at Cafe Gulp who gallantly completed this race, and to their many supporters who made it possible for them to make this wonderful donation to the hospice."