A PLUMBING firm has pulled out the stops to donate £100 to charity.

Newcastle plumbing merchant Plumb Center has given the sum to the Children's Cancer Ward appeal at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital. It will help pay for improvements and buy equipment for the ward.

Plumb Center made the donation to mark its successful opening of a branch at Scotswood.

Branch manager Brian Laidler said: "We wanted to mark our expansion with a donation to a good cause.

"When we heard about the Children's Cancer Ward appeal we were delighted to be able to contribute."