After three years of being nicknamed The Yeti, Brian O'Hanlon, from Peterborough, shaved off his locks for charity.

Mr O'Hanlon went under the scissors and clippers at The Woodman pub, in Thorpe Wood, last week, raising £340 for the British Heart Foundation, a charity which has remained close to his heart after one of his work colleagues had a quadruple heart bypass last year.

Mr O'Hanlon still hopes to raise his target of £500, so to sponsor him, visit www.justgiving.com/brianohanlon

Youngsters at St Botolph's Primary School, in Oundle Road, Orton Longueville, put their culinary talents to the test and baked dozens of cookies.

They sold them off at a parents' evening, as well as holding a guess the name and age of the soft toy to raise £45 for the RSPCA.

Kind-hearted shoppers at Queensgate helped the Multiple Sclerosis Society (MS) raise extra funds.

Six members of the MS Society were out in force, armed with buckets and leaflets as they helped raise awareness and a few extra pennies for the charity.

The MS society also received £654 from Peterborough Soroptomists club – it is part of the international organisation for business and professional women who are committed to improving the lives of women and their families locally and the rest of the world.

Club president Kath Henderson said: "Through the generosity and hard work of the members, the money was raised through a raffle, Burns supper, Safari lunch, Donations of Speaker Fees and the Sale of Saris."

Bikers from Peterborough Motorcycle Club spent their day raising funds for Macmillan Cancer Support and the Lymphoma Association.

Derek Wyatt, who suffered from Thyroid Cancer and his wife, Tracy, who had Non-Hodgkin's-Lymphoma invited members of the club and shoppers to help support the charities that got them through their difficult times.

A good old knees up helped fund-raiser donate £137 for Sue Ryder Care's Thorpe Hall Hospice.

Staff and students from Peterborough College of Adult Education, in Brook Street, raised the money by holding their annual barn dance at Perkins last month.