FUND-raisers at a Malvern pub have been forced to call off their annual sponsored walk due to the foot-and-mouth crisis.

The Friends of the New Inn scrapped the trek planned for the May Bank Holiday, but are hoping to replace lost funds with a karaoke disco at Willie Thorne's snooker club, also in Malvern, on Saturday, June 2.

Organiser John Gregory hopes another sponsored walk will be able to take place in September.