KIRKWOOD Hospice is hosting its Christmas fair this weekend.

The event at the hospice on Albany Road, Dalton, includes food hampers, sugar craft, Christmas cakes, a raffle, glass ornaments, festive refreshments and entertainment from Woodsome Singers and Lindley Band.

Artists Jeff Beaumont and Nigel Cook will be raffling landscape pictures and selling caricatures respectively.

The fair opens today from 5-8pm and will also run tomorrow from 12-4pm.