The Friarage Hospital in Northallerton has been given £500 by staff at RAF Leeming.

Wing Commander David Forster and station adjutant Flight Lieutenant Fi Carpenter visited the Friarage to hand over the money from the base's charity fund.

The cash will go to the medical assessment unit, a 15-bed ward that takes emergency admissions including patients with chest complaints, overdoses and strokes.

The money will help pay for a television, books and magazines to help pass the time for those people awaiting assessment.