IN ITS second challenge of the year, staff at a recruitment company hiked up and down the the highest mountains of Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours.

The Omega Resource Group, which has its headquarters in Stonehouse, raised £15,000 doing the Three Peak Challenge for the Spring Centre. The centre provides care to children with disabilities.

All novice walkers, 12 employees from the specialist recruitment agency and its sister business Datum RPO climbed Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon from Thursday, June 18 to Sunday, June 20