A FIVE gig marathon in three days by Altrincham's Loose Change Buskers raised £3,150 for Cancer Research UK last weekend.

They played Eden Square in Urmston on Saturday, Didsbury Artisan Market on Sunday morning and Tesco in Altrincham on Sunday afternoon, Meriton Park Handforth Festival on Monday and later at Lakeside, Cheadle for a "company do".

This Sunday (June 1) Loose Change will be playing on Nell Lane in Withington from 11am.