Charity ball raises £10,000

Having a ball (l-r): school business manager Michael Unsworth, Caroline Whitmore, head teacher Anne Redmond, John and Debbie Abrahams, Mayor and Mayoress of Oldham, Councillor Fida Hussain and Tanvir Hussain, John Stapleton, Lynn Faulds-Wood, Barrie McDermott, Terri Unsworth and Chris Redmond.

RUGBY league legend Barrie McDermott was among the guests at Kingfisher School’s ninth annual charity ball.

Nearly 170 people attended the event at the White Hart, Lydgate, which raised £10,000 for the Chadderton special school.

The evening was hosted by Oldhamer and TV presenter John Stapleton and his wife and fellow TV presenter Lynn Faulds-Wood. Other guests included Oldham East and Saddleworth Labour parliamentary candidate Debbie Abrahams and her husband, ex-Lancashire cricket captain John Abrahams, Mayor of Oldham Fida Hussain and Granada Reports entertainment correspondent Caroline Whitmore.

Entertainment included magicians, a singer and a band. There were also top auction prizes — from a tour of Granada TV with Caroline Whitmore to tea on the House of Commons terrace.