Hospices get cash after home builder milestone

A Sheffield charity has been given a donation to mark the 10,000th property sold by a building firm under the Help to Buy scheme

Barratt Homes is dishing out £1,000 to Yorkshire charities to mark the achievement.

Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, in North Aston, and Rotherham Hospice will each get £100 from the company. Ian Ruthven, of Barratt Homes, said he was thrilled to reach the milestone.