ILLUSTRIOUS York panto dame Berwick Kaler will be meeting his "Babbies" at the Evening Press Family Leisure Exhibition on Sunday.

The event, held at the Merchant Adventurers' Hall, which kicks off at 10am, will provide a host of fun ideas on how families can get the most out of summer.

Aside from meeting beaming Berwick, visitors can enter several competitions with great prizes, enjoy live music and refreshments or stroll around the exhibits to plan their leisure time.

The first 50 visitors will receive goodie bags which include half-price family tickets to Lightwater Valley, baseball caps, disposable cameras, colouring books, and a family day pass to Freeport Hornsea.

Evening Press events manager Wendy Neale said: "Visitors can get information and ideas about things to do over the long summer holidays.

"It will be a really fun day."

The free event is sponsored by Lightwater Valley.

Updated: 11:01 Friday, June 27, 2003