MANY of the PDC's top stars helped to raise over £1,300 for St Oswald's Hospice in Newcastle on Saturday.

WAYNE MARDLE has been confirmed as the Sky Sports Wildcard for the 2008 Whyte & Mackay Premier League Darts - and he will open this year's event against Raymond van Barneveld in Glasgow on 31 January.

COLIN OSBORNE claimed his second PDC title with an 8-6 defeat of Denis Ovens in the Blue Square UK Open North-East Regional Final.

THE draws for the two Stan James-sponsored Players Championships to be held in Gibraltar on 19 and 20 January.

FOLLOWING some inaccurate comparisons between the PDC and BDO World Darts Championships recently, the PDC have provided the following information.

THE Professional Darts Corporation has suspended Jason Clark from forthcoming tournaments.

MERVYN KING is looking to continue his progress up the PDC Order of Merit in 2008, after scooping the Newcomer of the Year award.

THE PDC are to introduce two new, televised tournaments within the next year as part of the continuing expansion of the professional circuit.

PICTURES from the 2008 PDC Annual Awards Dinner, held at the Dorchester Hotel, London on Wednesday 9 January.

JAMES WADE has been crowned as the Professional Darts Corporation's Player of the Year, at the PDC Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday night.