AN autumn fair will be staged at J2 Ward at the Royal Bolton Hospital on September 8.

The Mayor of Bolton Cllr Kevan Helsby will officially open the event which starts at 1.30pm. It will include entertainment from Canon Slade brass band and the Dawn Dawson's dancing school in Bolton.

Other activities will include a bouncy castle, ball pool, face painting and a balloon race.

J2 ward is a long stay continuing care ward for men with Alzhiemers disease and other dementias. Cash raised will go towards the ward.