A KALEIDOSCOPIC world of exotic landscapes and wonderful wildlife is helping to brighten up the lives of bereaved children in Redditch and across Worcestershire.

A giant mural has been created at the office of the Worcestershire-based charity the Noah's Ark Trust thanks to Steve Clarke, a Transco gas engineer who created the masterpiece depicting the Biblical Flood.

The work of the trust benefits bereaved children from Redditch, Bromsgrove, Droitwich, Malvern, Evesham and Worcester.

Mr Clarke led an earlier team of Transco mural 'specialists' when they painted a deep sea adventure at Birmingham Children's Hospital last Christmas.