A SWIMMER in a bright blue wig stood out from the crowd when she took the plunge for charity.

Ann Hutchinson, left, from Morton-on-Swale, who suffers from severe arthritis, swam 1 miles at Bedale Leisure Pool and raised £200 for the Northallerton Breast Cancer Support Group.

"I chose to wear the blue wig so that I would be noticed," she said. A dedicated fundraiser, she supports a new charity each year and chose the Breast Cancer Support Group after the death of her sister-in-law from the disease.