A TOTAL of 3,592 5p coins were collected at the Beacon Centre cancer unit at Taunton's Musgrove Park Hospital for a charity which helps buy equipment for it.

The £179.60 handed over to the Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment (SURE) was the highest donation out of a total of £392.49 collected last week.

There was also £75.70 from Tower House B&B, Bridgwater; £30 from the Hard of Hearing Club; £30 from Taunton Bowling Club; and £13 from Nora.

And there were collections are £30.98 from the Londis, Taunton Road, Bridgwater; £21.17 from the Orchard Shopping Centre, Taunton; and £12.04 from Thornton's Card Shop, Bridgwater.

Since SURE joined up with the County Gazette a total of £524,733 has been raised.