CHILDREN in Need brings out the best - and the daftest - in everyone, and Herefordshire was no exception as a variety of events raised cash for the charity.

Seeing was believing when staff at Specsavers volunteered for a Big Brother style lock-in at the shop. Every day the housemate raising the least money was shown the door, while a series of bizarre tasks determined the quality of the food they ate. The winner, of course, was Children in Need, with more than £10,000 raised by the six contestants.

Shuttlecocks were at the ready at Leominster Leisure Centre as ECHO (Extra Choices in Herefordshire) rallied their way through a sponsored Badminton Bash.

The name's the same - confusion reigned for a week in the McKenzie household when Tash Appleby, aged 17, moved in to spend a week chained at the ankle to 16-year-old Tash McKenzie.

Shoppers at Chadds in Hereford were in for a big surprise when Baby Pudsey Bear joined Hereford Hospital Radio in the store for a day of fun and fund-raising.

Bop while you shop was the order of the day as requests and raffles raised more than £350 - being shared by Children in Need and Hereford Hospital Radio.

They were hitting out for Children in Need at Hereford Academy of Golf, where 6,000 balls were hit in a 12-hour marathon.

Business made way for bopping when Chamber of Commerce staff took to the floor for a Playstation dance marathon.