MURDER most foul proved a successful formula for success in 1999 for the DeadEnders.

Leigh's popular murder/mystery company performed a series of shows throughout the area and as far afield as Blackpool.

And, to crown a great season, they presented a New Year cheque for £200 to the Leigh & Wigan Hospice at Hindley.

Here, senior nurse Josie Barton accepts the cheque from Journal Showbiz Editor David Hodgkinson, who writes the murder stories and performs with the DeadEnders.

DeadEnder Katherine Roberts said: "We wanted the Hospice to share in our 1999 success."

DeadEnders move into 2000 with murder dates locally, in Manchester, the Lake District and Merseyside.

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