A MOBILE telephone company is to give a hospice a cash tonic.

Vodafone has chosen Teesside Hospice as its charity of the year. It has signed up as a corporate partner with the hospice as part of a fund- raising initiative.

Vodafone now has four shops across Teesside. The latest is in Middlesbrough, which Teesside Hospice business development manager Margaret Kent opened at the weekend.