A CANCER unit has received £250 thanks to the efforts of the Northallerton and District Lioness Club.

The Mowbray suite at the town's Friarage Hospital is a medical day unit that treats mainly cancer patients and also cares for day case patients.

The money will help towards an aromatherapy service due to start soon, which will be used alongside more conventional medical treatment.

Members of the Lioness Club visited the suite to present the cheque to Sister Susan Whitehead and her staff