SINGER Tony Hadley and TV prankster Jeremy Beadle visited a North Yorkshire stately home to help raise money for charity.

The celebrities were guests at the Black and Diamond charity ball on Saturday night in the parklands of Castle Howard, made famous as the setting for the hit TV drama Brideshead Revisited.

The event, which raised money for Cancer Leukaemia In Childhood, included a celebrity auction and was attended by 650 people.

Hadley, who recently won the comeback TV show Reborn In The USA, entertained the guests with a concert. He is also set to perform at the Grand Opera House, York, on July 13.

Updated: 09:53 Monday, May 05, 2003