Homeless people will be treated to a full Christmas meal thanks to a team of volunteers.

The weekly soup kitchen at the Asian Cultural Centre, Manzil Way, will be dishing up Christmas dinner on Wednesday. The kitchen, which is run entirely by volunteers led by Icolyn Smith, has been running for 17 years and a Christmas event is held every year.

Miss Smith said: "We give them a meal every week and we need volunteers to help every week. Sometimes we get volunteers from the university but they can't always come so we always need people to help out. There is a team of us in the kitchen but I do the cooking."

Nurses from the John Radcliffe Hospital have also volunteered to lend a hand this week.