HARLEQUIN Entertainers thanked the Red Cross for their work with singer Dawn Moore, by presenting the group with a cheque.

The team raised £156.50 from a war-time sing-a-long at Poppleton Memorial Hall, York, and donated £126.50 to the Red Cross and £30 to Martin House Hospice.

Dawn, of Poppleton Road, who has been singing with the group since last July, benefited from the charity's work during a recent illness.

She said: "The Red Cross took me to hospital in Hull every day for eight weeks when I had no other transport, so I wanted to do something for them."

Harlequin presented the cheque at York Cricket Club, Shipton Road.

Updated: 09:51 Friday, May 23, 2003