APPEARING as Mother Christmas, behind the bar of the Bourne Valley Inn, St Mary Bourne, has turned out to be a tough role for 30-year-old Michelle Young.

The mother of two from Andover, who is raising money for the local branch of the National Childbirth Trust, confessed: "My feet in these boots are killing me!

But she added: "The trust was very helpful to me when I had my two children and I wanted to give something back."