Lionel Blair, one of Britain's best-loved entertainers, created a sensation by coming to see Christmas lights switched on at a family home on Saturday.

Harvey and Deborah Preston have covered their house in Walsingham Gardens, Stoneleigh, with lights, moving decorations and even mini cable car lifts.

The couple, who lost a friend to cancer, have raised more than £20,000 for the Royal Marsden Hospital by putting up Christmas lights over the past seven years.