The walkers helping to provide hearing dogs for deaf people

Around 500 people took part in the charity walk. Credit: ITV News Anglia

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Hundreds of people have taken advantage of the sunshine for a charity dog walk at Ickworth Park in Bury St Edmunds.

It was organised by the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.

They've trained and placed tens of thousands of hearing dogs since they started in 1982.

The charity trains the dogs from around 14 months old to alert people, via a nudge or lying on the ground, to certain sounds like doorbells and fire alarms, to babies crying.

Pebbles is a hearing dog who helps her owner Margot- a nurse. Credit: ITV News Anglia