WITCHES and black cats were prowling a housewares department store in Swanley when staff dressed up in Hallowe'en fancy dress.

Staff at Premus, in High Clouds Shopping Centre, Swanley, dressed up and held a raffle to raise around £280 for a young lad who has the rare disease, Angelman Syndrome.

The disease means six-year-old Conner Aldred from Raynham can not walk or speak and requires 24-hour surveillance.

He also suffers from epilepsy.

The store decided to raise money for Conner when members of staff who know him brought his condition to the management's attention.

November 6, 2001 11:30