RUDOLPH was on hand as a special gift of more than £8,000 was handed over to a hospice following a ball at Witley Court.

The Worcestershire Ambassadors, which brings together key people from business and public life to promote the county, raised the £8,685 for Worcester's St Richard's Hospice at the group's annual ball.

Chairman, West Midland Safari Park managing director, Ivan Knezovich, presented the cheque under the watchful eye of Rudolph, the park's two-year-old reindeer.