A GROUP of Brownies and Guides yesterday presented a hospital with a cheque for more than £600 after they raised the money taking part in fundraising activities.

The 6th Fairfield Brownies and Guides, from Stockton, and their leader, Joanne Bolton, handed over the cheque for £609.45 to consultant neonatologist Dr Harrikumar, at North Tees General Hospital, Stockton.

The group raised the money by holding a table-top sale and fair after Ms Bolton's 20-week old-daughter, Melanie, was born ten weeks premature at the hospitals neonatal unit