A sky-diving fanatic is claiming to be the first man ever to have jumped from a hot air balloon on a space hopper.

Andy Carr, 42, an IT consultant from Burgess Hill, East Sussex, made the parachute jump in aid of charity.

He hoped the leap would raise £1,000 for the Orchid Cancer Appeal for male cancers and was also promoting an event to be held at the Brighton Festival.

Sussex-based group Bounce Your Balls for Cancer hopes to set a record with a race involving 1,000 space hoppers.

Mr Carr made his jump on Friday, 5,000 feet (1.5km) over Figueres in northern Spain.

Bounce Your Balls founder, Glen Poole, of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex, said: "Jumping out of a plane with a Space Hopper is probably one of the daftest things anyone has ever done.

"But it's a fantastic way to remind men that they need to bounce their balls for cancer on a regular basis."