A BROTHER and sister have raised more than £2,000 for North Devon Hospice by climbing the highest mountain in Great Britain.

Jemma, aged 15, and Ben Mckenzie, 13, climbed 1,344 metres up Ben Nevis on Jemma's birthday, May 25. They were greeted with snow and temperatures of minus 12.

Jemma and Ben Mckenzie are pictured presenting North Devon Hospice fundraiser Jenny Richardson with a cheque for £2,077.50.

The money will go towards the hospice's new outreach centre in Holsworthy, the Long House Centre.

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