STAFF at Bury Hospice are looking forward to a happy new year after receiving a donation from a Manchester-based national healthcare provider.

Healthsure, which covers half a million people across the UK, donated £3,000 to the hospice in Dumers Lane, Radcliffe.

Trustee member Bernard Raggett visited the hospice to present the cheque to Sister Isobel Babbitt. Attending the presentation was volunteer fundraiser, Joan Berry, who said: "This is the second consecutive year that the hospice has received a substantial award from Healthsure for which we are extremely grateful."