A CHARITY has launched a search to find 400 people who are ready to take the plunge.

A giant 'zip slide', made up of ropes and pulleys, is being suspended from Middlesbrough's Transporter Bridge this summer to raise money for the Teesside Hospice.

Middlesbrough's own Olympic star, long jump finalist Chris Tomlinson, 23, called on volunteers to sign up for a sponsored slide when he joined officials of the charity at the bridge, yesterday.

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