ALMOST £6,000 was raised for a county hospice through sales of a calendar featuring Herefordshire businesses and rugby players.

Three young male models – Hereford Rugby player Leon Parsons, FIT model George Cook and Luctonians rugby player Adam Knight – stripped down to their undies for the charity calendar which was raising money for St Michael's Hospice.

Organisers handed over a total of almost £6,000 to the hospice, based in Bartestree, last week.

Luke Conod, organiser of the charity calendar and a member of Hereford City Rotary Club, said: "I would like to thank on behalf of the Hereford Rotary Club most sincerely everyone that purchased a calendar as well as the fantastic local businesses that supported it and made it all possible, but a special thanks must go to the models Leon, George and Adam and our photographer Jay for giving up so much of their time to make it possible."