Glitterball competition raises record breaking ammount for Dougie Mac.

An annual dance competition that raises money for a hospice charity is celebrating a record-breaking year, having raised more than £200,000.

This year's Strictly Knot Dancing is the biggest single fundraising event in the history of the Dougie Mac, based in Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent.

This year's event, packed full of glitter and sequins, was held at the King's Hall in Stoke on Friday, and has already surpassed last year's total of £145,000, even before all the donations have been fully totted up.

It involved 12 amateurs from the city being paired with professional dancers to compete in front of an audience of about 600 people, as well as dancing for expert judges to win the glitterball. The overall winner was Shanie Chaudry-Goodall, who wowed the judges to take home the trophy.