Meet Hull's secret gift bearers spreading joy with teddy giveaway

Bonnie and Alice Gill with their teddy bears ready to be hidden around Hull

- By COREENA FORD

IF you go down to Hull today, you're sure of a big surprise.

That's because the Teddy Bears Picnic appears to be taking place all over the city, with cuddly toys cropping up everywhere from park swings and bus shelters to railings and benches.

And now we can reveal the identity of the (now not-so) secret gift bearers (pun intended) and the simple, yet heartwarming reason they started the teddy trail, in a thoughtful activity to spread joy this summer.

"My daughters, Bonnie and Alice, have been quietly spreading a little magic every week over the summer, and I think it's time people knew about it," said proud mum Abi Davis.

Sisters Alice, 10, who goes to Bilton Primary School, and Bonnie, eight, who is at Dorchester Primary, have been buying a few soft toy bears and other plush animals every time they visit a charity shop. After giving them a bit of a brush and a clean, they then leave them around Sutton and Bransholme and Holderness Road, in places where they will easily be found.