A TV star will be visiting Hereford's Left Bank later this week to share personal anecdotes in aid of a local cause.

John McDonald, TV darts pundit, will be at the Left Bank on Friday (November 29) to help raise funds for the Wye Princess renovation project, which was started by Hereford teenager Paige Hyde.

Tickets for the event cost £30 a head, and include a curry dinner, and can be bought at donate.giveasyoulive.com by searching for the Wye Princess.

(Image: Liam McBurney) The Princess is a small leisure craft in the process of restoration with the eventual aim of reinstating pleasure cruises on the river Wye in Hereford.

It was previously a sorry state, having been sunk in the river Wye for 20 years before being rescued by Paige, then 13.

The boat was once owned by King Fisher cruises and later Cathedral Cruises and used for river cruises for tourists in Herefordshire.

Paige and her mother Laura Washbourne began their journey to save the boat from wreck and ruin last year when they became its official owners, and Paige has been running fundraising events since.

Paige previously told the Hereford Times: “I first came across Princess early last year when I started taking a great interest in the Pirates of the Caribbean. I used to always joke around and say she was my boat. But then a joke turned into an interest.

“The sunken boat was struggling against the Wye. I eventually ended up promising the boat I would save her. I gave my all to ensure the boat was able to be loved.”

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McDonald, the special guest at the Wye Princess' upcoming event, is known as a sports presenter appearing on channels including Sky Sports and ITV.

He was previously a paratrooper in the British Army, but after an accident he changed careers to work as a freelance sports photographer, later moving into presenting.

He gained his big break while MC-ing boxing, but he is also known for his work presenting darts, snooker, fishing, poker, tennis and table-tennis.

He became the official British pressman for the International Boxing Organisation, and he worked solely for the Professional Darts Corporation since 2007.