MORE than £9,000 is expected to be raised for Kidderminster cancer charity Kemp Hospice after 65 people, including Shuttle/Times and News reporter Alex Day, took part in a sponsored abseil on Sunday.

Julie Smith, 31, who has terminal cancer, raised more than £1,500 after her story in the Shuttle Last week, prompted a flood of calls offering sponsorship for the event at Blackstone Rock in Bewdley.