After a chance meeting - a group preparing to swim two and a half miles down the Bristol Channel to raise money for Weston's RNLI, have been given the support of actor Ralf Little.

The 32 year old, currently filming his sitcom The Cafe in the town, posed for photos with the team - after asking the Annual Big Swim's organiser if he could borrow his phone charger.

They'll go from Brean Down to Anchor Head on Sunday August the 12th in aid of the local lifeboat station.