TWO brothers will set off on a sponsored bike ride from London to Paris on September 9 to support Barnsley Hospice.

Robert Cartwright, 30, of St Thomas Road, Redbrook, and his brother, Luke, 26 from Hawthorne Street, Barnsley, have been in intense training for the past 12 weeks to cycle more than 300 miles.

Robert has always been keen to do something for charity and had planned the bike ride for last year but they were unable to book on to the event.

However, scone manufacturers Haywood and Padgett paid the £400 registration fee and even donated £1000 to the hospice.