HARD-working Bolton charity worker Edith Conn is today celebrating raising £50,000 at a glitzy gala party.

Mrs Conn, of Heaton, is president of the British Red Cross Greater Manchester branch and organised the gala ball at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Manchester.

The event, attended by 400 guests, boasted celebrity guests Martine McCutcheon and Emmerdale's Lisa Riley, from Bury.