A STAGGERING £80,000 is thought to have been raised by more than a thousand women walkers.

A STAGGERING £80,000 is thought to have been raised by more than a thousand women walkers.

Weston Hospicecare's Midnight Beach Walk, supported by the Weston & Somerset Mercury, saw 1,100 women take to the beach to do their bit for the Uphill-based charity.

The walk, on Saturday, was the first of its kind and followed a route from Uphill to Marine Lake and back.

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