Fairies, singers and cheerleaders joined children with life-limiting illnesses at a winter party.

More than 150 young people and their families were greeted on the red carpet by costume characters as they arrived at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice’s Winter Party.

They were treated to a range of entertainment from magic and balloon modelling to a performance from Destiny Allstars Cheerleaders who appeared on Britain’s Got Talent in 2009.