A MULTIPLE Sclerosis sufferer raised £1,200 for charity with a sip-slide from Tyne Bridge.

Mother-of-two Liz Hilland, from Kimblesworth, near Chester-le-Street, made the 85ft descent from the iconic structure in Newcastle, with daughter with her daughter Emma, niece Caroline Westgarth and cousin Michael Jackson.

“I have done it but will never repeat it. Sitting 85ft up on the side of the bridge was the scariest thing I have ever done,’’ she said.

“We have raised over £1,200 with our sponsors. It made it all worth while.”

 The jump was part of Mrs Hilland’s drive to raise £5,000 for the MS Trust.

She held an awareness week at Sainsbury’s, The Arnison Centre, Pity Me, to raise the profile of the charity.

And she will be doing a bag pack at the store with on Saturday June 29 and on Friday August 3 will again hold a garden party at her home in Hawthorn Close from noon to 5pm.

Admission will be 50p and there will a tombola and raffle, cake sale and refreshments. All proceeds will go to the MS Trust.

Last year she raised more than £500 for the MS Trust with a garden party.