TWO bike riders are planning a marathon money-spinner to help send the family of a young cancer sufferer on a dream holiday.

Stephen Birtwistle and Arthur Mayor will be cycling from Great Harwood to Scarborough and back in aid of the Ragen Lonsdale appeal.

They hope their sponsored 256-mile ride will raise at least £500 for the fund to send six-year-old Ragen and her family, of Park Avenue, Great Harwood, to Disney World in Florida.

Stephen, 27, lives in Clayton Street, Great Harwood. Arthur, in his mid-20s, lives in Oswaldtwistle and works at Rists Wires, Accrington, where workmates have been filling up his sponsor sheet.

They set out tomorrow from the home of Ragen's aunt and uncle, Beverley and Wayne Lonsdale, in Grimshaw Street, Great Harwood.

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