THE Mayor of Dudley is ho-ho-hoping for a bumper festive fundraising effort from shoppers in Stourbridge when he bag packs at the new Tesco superstore.

Councillor Alan Finch will be packing bags at the store and raising money for his two charities, Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and White House Cancer Support, Dudley, on Wednesday (December 11).

He will be joined by students from Dudley College for the pre-Christmas fundraiser at 3pm.

Cllr Finch said: “Charities are vitally important to this borough, and I hope people will be able to give a little something to make this a bumper Christmas for some very worthy causes.”