Sir Cliff Richard has support to a new North East cancer charity

Sir Cliff Richard has support to a new North East cancer charity - all the way from his luxury Caribbean villa.

From his holiday home in Barbados, Sir Cliff as a brush after the site that greeted Maggie Alderson new volunteers to ask for his autograph courage plucked.

Cliff signed his photograph to donate for the charity has been set up by former hotelier.

His message reads: “To Daft As A Brush Cancer Patient Care, good luck, Cliff Richard”.

Mrs Alderson, grandmother of nine, Gosforth, the New Castle in the sun for a three-week period with friends flew out tropical island.

She said: “I went out to Barbados with some friends who I’ve known for about 14 years now. On one of the evenings we were socialising and I met a man who said he knew Sir Cliff.

People don’t normally talk about charity when they go on holiday, but I started to tell him about Daft As A Brush because it’s such an amazing concept.

When I went home, I started wondering if he would be able to get a signed photo of Sir Cliff for the charity. I asked one of my friends about it and she said it would be OK to ask him.

And then he presented me with this picture and I just couldn’t believe it. I was absolutely blown away.

I couldn’t wait to get back and show Brian.”