A CONCERT of hits from West End musicals is expected to have raised more than £20,000 for Teesside Hospice.

An estimated 7,000 people attended the gala, held at the Riverside stadium, home of Middlesbrough Football Club, at the weekend.

Jane Webb, manager of Teesside Hospice Trading Company, said: "The combined effects of the music, the singing, the stage effects, the fireworks finale and the stadium setting resulted in an experience that those lucky enough to witness will never forget."