Calling Shropshire's own calendar girls

The hunt is on for Shropshire residents who are willing to pose in the nude for a Calender Girls-style public health campaign.

Shropshire County Primary Care Trust is looking for people willing to be the public face of its new NHS Health Check campaign.

It is designed to create awareness about the risks of heart and kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and strokes in people aged between 40 and 74 years old.

Professor Rod Thomson, Shropshire County's director of public health, said: "The search is not a beauty contest. People don't need to look like Jane Fonda or George Clooney, any shape or size is fine.

"We are just looking for real people to reveal, very tastefully, that the NHS free Health Check is nothing to fear."